What triggers latexmk to invoke makeglossaries?

Question

I've started using the make-glossaries package, and am creating more than one glossary. Unfortunately, my latexmk calls seem to skip calling makeglossaries, so my build doesn't conclude. I'm using a non-main-type glossary, with:

\newglossary[nlg]{notation}{not}{ntn}{Notation and Abbreviations}

and the command-line I'm running to build my document is:

latexmk -pdf -outdir=aux/ -auxdir=aux/ -pdflatex="xelatex -shell-escape %O %S" my_doc

if I invoke this, the end of latexmk's console output is:

Output written on aux/my_doc.pdf (37 pages).
Transcript written on aux/my_doc.log.
Latexmk: Examining 'aux/my_doc.log'
=== TeX engine is 'XeTeX'
Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'aux/pubinfo.bbl'
Latexmk: Missing input file: 'my_doc.not' from line
  'No file my_doc.not.'
Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'aux/my_doc.bbl'
Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'aux/pubinfo.bbl'
Latexmk: Log file says output to 'aux/my_doc.pdf'
Latexmk: Found bibliography file(s) [front/pubinfo.bib]
Latexmk: Found bibliography file(s) [back/general.bib]
Latexmk: All targets (aux/my_doc.pdf) are up-to-date

Now, I have read:

How to make Latexmk use makeglossaries?

but the .latexmkrc file suggested there is not what I need:

add_cus_dep('glo', 'gls', 0, 'makeglo2gls');
sub makeglo2gls {
    system("makeindex -s '$_[0]'.ist -t '$_[0]'.glg -o '$_[0]'.gls '$_[0]'.glo");
}

it uses makeindex rather than makeglossaries; and needs a dependency for each glossary file type. Can I replace it with something more appropriate, which actually does cause makeglossaries to work? Also, is it adapted to the use the aux/ subdir?

If not, what can I do to trigger the execution of makeglossaries?

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Note:

To complete processing "semi-manually", I add the following commands after the first latexmk call:

makeglossaries -d aux/ my_doc
rm aux/my_doc.pdf
latexmk -pdf -outdir=aux/ -auxdir=aux/ -pdflatex="xelatex -shell-escape %O %S" my_doc

... and then everything proceeds fine. But without removing the .pdf, it still doesn't work (!)

Answer 1

The suggestion you mention for the .latexmkrc file is out-of-date. See the file glossary_latexmkrc in the example_rcfiles for the current recommendation. From what's in that file, the code for you to put in a .latexmkrc file is

add_cus_dep( 'acn', 'acr', 0, 'makeglossaries' );
add_cus_dep( 'glo', 'gls', 0, 'makeglossaries' );
add_cus_dep( 'ntn', 'not', 0, 'makeglossaries' );
$clean_ext .= " acr acn alg glo gls glg ist not ntn";

sub makeglossaries {
    my ($base_name, $path) = fileparse( $_[0] );
    pushd $path;
    my $return = system "makeglossaries", $base_name;
    popd;
    return $return;
}

There's no simple way of persuading latexmk to know the extensions of the files for your notation glossary, so you have to add the appropriate custom dependency. But you don't need a new subroutine for it.

The above code also works when you use an aux dir. That's done by the trick with pushd and popd.

I've also added a line to specify that the glossary files are to be deleted when you do a clean-up.

Answer 2

Adapting @JohnCollins' answer to some observations in answers to the linked question:

• Propagating silent mode
• Wrapping filenames with double-quotes in case of spaces or other name weirdness.
• Better (?) support for different directories for inputs and outputs <- Not sure that's actually meaningful, feel free to comment
• Not neglecting to add to the set of generated extensions

add_cus_dep( 'acn', 'acr', 0, 'run_makeglossaries' );
add_cus_dep( 'glo', 'gls', 0, 'run_makeglossaries' );
add_cus_dep( 'ntn', 'not', 0, 'run_makeglossaries' );

push @generated_exts, 'glo', 'gls', 'glg';
push @generated_exts, 'acn', 'acr', 'alg';
push @generated_exts, 'ntn', 'not', 'nlg';

$clean_ext .= " acr acn alg glo gls glg ist not ntn";

sub run_makeglossaries {
    my $dir = dirname($_[0]);
    my $base_name = basename($_[0]);

    my $return;
    if ( $silent ) {
        $return = system "makeglossaries", "-q", "-d", "$dir", "$base_name";
    }
    else {
        $return = system "makeglossaries", "-d", "$dir", "$base_name";
    };
    return $return;
}