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> >>>>> local_multi_par_area
> >>>>> false
> >
> >! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean).
> 
> looks like an old version of metafun with a new version of context; make 
> sure that the metafun macros are in metapost/context/base (and not in one 
> of the parent  directories) and regenerate the format (texexec --make 
> --alone metafun)

This seems to be a very common problem. Isn't it possible
to integrate a check into the metafun code so that a more
helpful error message is produced in case of a format
version mismatch?

Groeten,
  Andres

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