Re: --luatex option failing

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 5/28/2021 11:40 AM, jbf wrote:
> Still finding it very difficult to nail what the real problem is. You 
> say: "An mtxrun --generate or even context --generate should work ok. if 
> not there's something with permissions or paths or a missing file".
> 
> Neither of the --generate options make any difference, so it clearly has 
> to come down to "permissions or paths or a missing file". I cannot see 
> that it is permissions. Comparing permissions on both machines (one 
> working with --luatex and one not) I cannot see any difference. Paths? 
> The only thing I can see is that I also have (later in the path) a 
> separate installation for mkiv... but surely that would not make a 
> difference? So, a missing file??
> 
> I renamed the current folder called lmtx so it would not be recognised 
> (called it lmtxx) and created a new lmtx folder into which I have 
> installed a new version (and obviously it would still be in the path, 
> since ~/Documents/lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin is already in the path).
> 
> So two questions: (1) Is it possible that having another version (mkiv) 
> later in the path is causing the problem? (2) If a file is missing, what 
> could it possibly be, given that I did a fresh install?

not really, because the location where the running bin is found is 
determining the root of the to be used tds .. (i assume your cache is in 
that tree, not in some /tmp although even then the hashed name should 
prevent clashes)

> As this may be an 'ignorant' kind of question, something I should really 
> know but don't, about paths and permissions, there may be someone else 
> on the list with time (in lockdown like I am) to put me right.
you need help from a linux expert indeed

Hans

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