Re: [MacTeX] TL'2012: Trouble with today tlmgr

On May 24, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> 
> (4) So I did what Norbert and tlmgr recommend:
> 
> 	$ sudo tlmgr update --repository http://ctan.ijs.si/mirror/tlpretest/ --self 
> 	tlmgr: package repository http://ctan.ijs.si/mirror/tlpretest/
> 	tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2012/tlpkg/backups
> 	[1/1, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive.infra [282k] (26541 -> 26615) ... done
> 	tlmgr: package log updated at /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
> 	running mktexlsr ...
> 	done running mktexlsr.
> 	running mtxrun --generate ...
> 	done running mtxrun --generate.
> 
> (5) But that doesn't work: after that TLU blocks immediately after startup, with
> 
> 
> 
> Going back to tlmgr.pl reveals that the manual correction has apparently been removed by "update --self"
and that tlmgr.pl is back to the uncorrected version from the repo.
> 
> (6) So finally I redid the correction in tlmgr.pl and opened TLU immediately afterwards. It offered
immediately all the binary updates (from say version 26338 to version 26599) and applied them without any problem.
> 
> That's where my setup stands now: tlmgr.pl edited manually, updates applied through TLU. Is that what's
supposed to be done?
> 
> Bruno

TL'2012: Trouble with today tlmgr

TL'2012

After last update --self tlmgr returns

Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3542,
near "m!^(http|ftp)://!u"
syntax error at /usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3542, near "m!^(http|ftp)://!u"
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3548.
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3550.
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3566.
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3569.
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3570.
Global symbol "$p" requires explicit package name at /usr/texbin/tlmgr
line 3572.
Global symbol "$what" requires explicit package name at
/usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3576.
Global symbol "%repos" requires explicit package name at
/usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3583.
Global symbol "%repos" requires explicit package name at
/usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3584.
Global symbol "%repos" requires explicit package name at
/usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3586.
Global symbol "%repos" requires explicit package name at
/usr/texbin/tlmgr line 3592.
Global symbol "$what" requires explicit package name at

luatex uses pk fonts

Hi,

with current TeX Live, a luatex run over a simple "hello\bye" file gives
here:

This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012052309 (TeX Live 2012)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
(./hello.tex [1{/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdfte
x.map}] ) </usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/
cmr10.pk>
Output written on hello.pdf (1 page, 2446 bytes).
Transcript written on hello.log.

Only pk fonts used, something with map (path? search?) seems to be
broken. Is it just here?

Regards, Hartmut

TEXMFCNF variable

Hello,

I would like to commit a patch for ConTeXt that obeys the built-in
TEXMFCNF variable, used for searching texmf.cnf file that sets all
other variables.

Last year the default value in TeX Live was a bit weird, so ConTeXt
was using the following:

$SELFAUTODIR
$SELFAUTOPARENT
$SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf-local/web2c
$SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf/web2c
$SELFAUTODIR/texmf-local/web2c
$SELFAUTODIR/texmf/web2c
$SELFAUTOPARENT
$SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf-local/web2c
$SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf/web2c
$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-local/web2c
$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf/web2c

In other words:

2012/bin
2012
2012/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c
2012/bin/share/texmf/web2c
2012/bin/texmf-local/web2c
2012/bin/texmf/web2c
2012

Update to texdoc.cnf

The current texdoc system fails to find any documentation for all of the subpackages that are part of the
expl3 bundle.  I would like to suggest adding the following aliases to the global texdoc.cnf:

alias	l3clist	 = interface3
alias	l3token	 = interface3
alias	l3prop	 = interface3
alias	l3msg	 = interface3
alias	l3file	 	 = interface3
alias	l3skip	 = interface3
alias	l3keys	 = interface3
alias	l3fp	 	 = interface3
alias	l3box	 = interface3
alias	l3coffins	 = interface3
alias	l3color	 = interface3
alias	l3luatex	 = interface3

The interface3.pdf document is the correct documentation for these packages.

Alan

--

-- 
Alan Munn
amunn <at> gmx.com

MacTeX pretest

Is the MacTeX pretest broken? I've tried downloading from three servers (HTTP in China, two in USA), and the
download (which is 20 May) stops early (5585.6, 61.8, 154.2 MB) and then (obviously) fails to install.

It could also be a network issue in my end, though the network here usually works fine.

Michael

Sorting out updmap/updmap-sys-troubles

Hello,

one recurrent problem with font installation is caused by mixed 
calls of updmap and updmap-sys (or on miktex of updmap / updmap 
--admin). 

While it is normally rather easy (for me) to identify the cause of 
the problem I find it difficult (as a Windows and MikTeX user) to 
tell TeXLive users what to do to resolve the problem. I would find 
it useful if some exact informations could be collected to help 
people to sort out the map files without breaking something else. 

So here a list of questions:
(Assuming a current TeXLive)

A. updmap
=========
1. Which updmap.cfg's is updmap reading
   a) root names as "kpse-variable"
   b) a typical path on unix
   c) a typical path on windows

2. Which updmap.cfg does "updmap --enable Map" change?

3. In which texmf tree does updmap write the map-files?

4. Which map-files does updmap write?

5. Does updmap generate a log-file by default?

Re: Impossible to the make TL GUI window short: very annoying!

Hi Denis,

please keep the mailing list in Cc

On Di, 22 Mai 2012, Denis BITOUZE wrote:
> you're certainly right about the confusion I made between resizability and scrollability. The students
installed from the original DVD and on Windows.

Hmm, I just checked the DVD and also the installer there *I* can
resize the window and a scroll bar appears, soo no problem .....

Was it 2011 ?

Best wishes

Norbert
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Impossible to the make TL GUI window short: very annoying!

Re: tex-live Digest, Vol 112, Issue 19

 >|Because of the following files, fatal error occurs in checkout
 >|on platforms with monocase file system:
 >|
 >|Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pmx/pmxccn/eps/Haydn.eps
 >|Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pmx/pmxccn/eps/haydn.eps
 >|Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pmx/pmxccn/eps/MIDI.eps
 >|Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pmx/pmxccn/eps/midi.eps

Thanks. haydn.eps and midi.eps aren't referred to in the TeX document
and can be deleted.

Bob T.

Testing Tex Live (2012) before release...looked good to me.

Hello,

In my TUG newsletter you invited me to test out TexLive 2012, so I did and the installation
and my test went smoothly.  I compiled a set of notes (over 3000 pages) using the 2012
version and all is well.  Thanks for the great work, I look forward to getting the real 2012
DVD.  I will continue using the pre-release and report any issues I find going forward.

FYI this is the procedure I used to do the installation:
(1) First step was to go this website and pick a mirror site:
    http://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/
    I clicked on the link for 'www.math.utah.edu' which supports http.
    Clicking on this link took me to the website:
       http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub//texlive/tlpretest/
    where I clicked on 'install-tl-unx.tar.gz' and with right mouse selected
    'Save Link As...', so that I could download this file into ~/Downloads.
(2) Next was to unpack the downloaded installer app:
    cd /tmp
    gunzip install-tl-unx.tar.gz
    tar xvf install-tl-unx.tar
    cd install-tl-20120517
(3) Run the app which will connect back to utah.edu and pull down the TeXLive
    distro and install it into my /usr/local/texlive/2012 directory while
    leaving older versions (/usr/local/texlive/2011) alone.
   ./install-tl -repository http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub//texlive/tlpretest \
          -gui text
(4) Last step was to add the new path to my .bashrc file and test the distro.

Thanks and have a great weekend.