gh-36391: checking that the system maxima has working help
    
This is needed for e.g. building Sage docs, cf
e.g. Sage's #36028. Some distos mix this up.

Fixes #36028
    
URL: #36391
Reported by: Dima Pasechnik
Reviewer(s): Matthias Köppe

Author: Release Manager

build/bin/write-dockerfile.sh

@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ EOF
         UPDATE="pacman -Sy &&"
         EXISTS="pacman -Si"
         INSTALL="pacman -Su --noconfirm"
+        cat <<EOF
+RUN sed -i '/^NoExtract/d' /etc/pacman.conf
+EOF
         ;;
     nix*)
         # https://hub.docker.com/r/nixos/nix

build/pkgs/maxima/spkg-configure.m4

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([maxima], [
       AS_IF([ecl --eval "(require 'maxima)" --eval "(quit)" \
                >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD], [
         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+        dnl check also for the Maxima help - needed by Sage
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([if maxima help is working])
+	maxima_help_ok=`echo ? ? | ${SAGE_MAXIMA} 2>&1 | grep Details\:`
+	AS_IF([test x$maxima_help_ok = x], [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)], [
+               AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+               sage_spkg_install_maxima=yes
+        ])
       ], [
         AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
         sage_spkg_install_maxima=yes