Add/update the system package information for the "_recommended" dummy package

[mkoeppe]

Follow-up from #29557 (Add script package _recommended and generate "recommended system packages" info).

From egourgoulhon #30624 and similar reports by gh-tobiasdiez, jhpalmieri #29557:

configure ends with the following recommendations:

  configure: hint: installing the following system packages is recommended and may 
avoid building some of the above SPKGs from source:
configure:   $ sudo apt-get update 
  $ sudo apt-get install texlive-generic-extra texlive-xetex latexmk pandoc dvipng 
default-jdk ffmpeg libavdevice-dev libcdd-dev libcdd-tools libec-dev eclib-tools 
libgc-dev libgiac-dev xcas pari-gp2c lcalc liblfunction-dev libnauty-dev nauty 
pari-gp2c libpari-dev pari-doc pari-elldata pari-galdata pari-galpol pari-seadata 
sympow

• GH Actions: Fixes for WSL workflow #30910 replaced texlive-generic-extra by a package that exists in modern Debian distributions.
• build/pkgs/_recommended: Remove duplication of the pandoc system package in debian, homebrew #31042 addresses pandoc.
• At the end of configure, show installation hints for non-enabled optional packages separately #29372 changed the message, showing installation hints for non-enabled optional packages separately.
• create dummy script packages for ffmpeg and imagemagick #32956 create dummy script packages for ffmpeg and imagemagick

The message is printed regardless of whether ffmpeg et al. are installed because build/pkgs/_recommended/spkg-configure.m4 does not check anything.

To this end, tests need to be added for the presence of the various recommended packages in the system.

We do this by splitting out individual script packages, similar to the existing build/pkgs/pandoc and build/pkgs/graphviz.

Depends on #30910
Depends on #31042

CC: @jhpalmieri @egourgoulhon @tobiasdiez @seblabbe @slel

Component: build: configure

Keywords: sd111

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30930

[mkoeppe]

comment:3

The debian package providing latex is updated in #30910, which I have made a dependency.

[mkoeppe]

Dependencies: #30910

[mkoeppe]

Branch: u/mkoeppe/add_update_the_system_package_information_for_the___recommended__dummy_package

[mkoeppe]

Commit: afdd20f

[mkoeppe]

comment:5

This is taking care of the issue with pandoc.

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Last 10 new commits:

050dcb8	tox.ini (local-sudo): Use --yes --no-install-recommends
c8fbe0b	tox.ini (local-sudo): Ignore errors when IGNORE_MISSING_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=yes
ff34897	tox.ini (local): Guess the package system if it is not provided as a factor
e27ff19	Merge branch 'u/mkoeppe/tox_ini__add_environments_local_sudo_ubuntu_standard__etc_' of git://trac.sagemath.org/sage into public/build/fixwsl
6ff45c4	Cleanup workflow
5348144	Replace texlive-generic-extra
0fd029f	Narrow down events that trigger the workflow
3ccae02	build/pkgs/_recommended/distros/debian.txt: Update latex package
6d0e673	Merge branch 't/30910/public/build/fixwsl' into t/30930/add_update_the_system_package_information_for_the___recommended__dummy_package
afdd20f	build/pkgs/_recommended/distros, src/doc/bootstrap: Remove duplication of pandoc

[mkoeppe]

comment:6

That configure keeps suggesting packages from the _recommended dummy package is because build/pkgs/_recommended/spkg-configure.m4 does not check anything.

To improve this, tests need to be added for the presence of the various recommended packages in the system. Either in build/pkgs/_recommended/spkg-configure.m4 or in individual "script packages" similar to build/pkgs/pandoc.

[mkoeppe]

Author: Matthias Koeppe

[dimpase]

comment:8

OK, this does the trick for pandoc. I guess ffmpeg, imagemagick, texinfo need semi-dummy packages created (i.e. with spkg-configure checking their presence, but without real spkg-install), right?

[mkoeppe]

comment:9

Replying to @dimpase:

OK, this does the trick for pandoc. I guess ffmpeg, imagemagick, texinfo need semi-dummy packages created (i.e. with spkg-configure checking their presence, but without real spkg-install), right?

That's right. Likewise for libxml in #30899.

[dimpase]

comment:10

Replying to @mkoeppe:

Replying to @dimpase:

OK, this does the trick for pandoc. I guess ffmpeg, imagemagick, texinfo need semi-dummy packages created (i.e. with spkg-configure checking their presence, but without real spkg-install), right?

That's right. Likewise for libxml in #30899.

should this be done on this ticket, or rather elsewhere?

[mkoeppe]

comment:11

Fine to do it here if it's not holding up this ticket too long

[mkoeppe]

comment:13

Replying to @mkoeppe:

Likewise for libxml in #30899.

This is now done in #27921

[mkoeppe]

comment:14

Needs review

[mkoeppe]

Changed keywords from none to sd111

[mkoeppe]

comment:15

Hoping we can make progress on this ticket this week - https://wiki.sagemath.org/days111

[seblabbe]

comment:16

The branch has a conflict on top of 9.3.beta3 (I confirm there is one)

[seblabbe]

Work Issues: branch has conflict

[sagetrac-git]

Changed commit from afdd20f to bdd5b9d

[sagetrac-git]

Branch pushed to git repo; I updated commit sha1. New commits:

bdd5b9d

Merge tag '9.3.beta3' into t/30930/add_update_the_system_package_information_for_the___recommended__dummy_package

[mkoeppe]

Changed work issues from branch has conflict to none

[mkoeppe]

Changed branch from u/mkoeppe/add_update_the_system_package_information_for_the___recommended__dummy_package to none

[mkoeppe]

comment:21

Replying to @seblabbe:

Could we update the description of the ticket (which is too large), because I don't know what the branch is suppose to do exactly?

I have instead split out the pandoc part (which is the only thing that the current branch took care of) out into the separate ticket #31042.

[mkoeppe]

Changed dependencies from #30910 to #30910, #31042

[mkoeppe]

Changed author from Matthias Koeppe to none

[mkoeppe]

comment:23

Setting new milestone based on a cursory review of ticket status, priority, and last modification date.

[slel]

comment:24

Should _recommended really be listed in this configure notice?

    notice: the following SPKGs did not find equivalent system packages:

        _recommended cbc coxeter3 gp2c ...

[mkoeppe]

comment:25

Yes, it may look funny but at least one can see that way where the system package recommendations are coming from

[slel]

comment:26

Makes sense.

[dimpase]

comment:27

texinfo keeps popping up on Homebrew for some reason --- perhaps, because texinfo is not a program, there no such executable anymore, it's replaced by tex2any - but the package name remains texinfo.

[mkoeppe]

comment:28

From the ticket description:
To this end, tests need to be added for the presence of the various recommended packages in the system. Either in build/pkgs/_recommended/spkg-configure.m4 or in individual script packages similar to build/pkgs/pandoc.