Re: [docbook-apps] FOP or stylesheet bug?

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:21:27PM +0100, Sanders, M. wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a nice document setup using xincludes and profiling. For some
> reason I cannot produce pdf with fop bu I can produce html directly:
> 
> xmllint --xinclude test.xml > resolved.xml
> 
> xsltproc --output test.fo --stringparam profile.os "linux"
> /usr/share/sgml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.62.4/fo/profile-docbook.xsl
> resolved.xml
> Making portrait pages on A4 paper (210mmx297mm)
> --produces test.fo--
> 
> xsltproc --output test.html --stringparam profile.os "linux"
> /usr/share/sgml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.62.4/html/profile-docbook.xsl
> resolved.xml
> --produces a fine test.html--
> 
> fop -fo test.fo -pdf test.pdf
> [ERROR] file:/home/maarten/test.fo:2:38276 page-sequence must be child
> of root, not fo:flow
> 
> I have seen this error in the postings of 2001, then it was a stylesheet
> bug. Anyone a hint?

The error message indicates a messed up FO file.
Can you use xmllint to confirm that the input file
is valid docbook?  If so, it probably is a stylesheet bug.
Could you file a bug report on SourceForge, and attach an
input file and your FO output file?

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