From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17830 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: can I upgrade yet? Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:37 +0100 Message-ID: <41E3E3C1.3090003@wxs.nl> References: <41DD6AE5.7020209@wxs.nl> <41E3E0A3.4010304@iname.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105454132 19265 80.91.229.6 (11 Jan 2005 14:35:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:35:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jan 11 15:35:24 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CoN7E-0003Jr-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:35:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA53127A4; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:35:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13686-03; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:35:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834CD12791; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E900012791 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13552-04 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mailrelay02.solcon.nl (unknown [212.45.32.200]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345001278D for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mailrelay02.solcon.nl (8.12.11/SQL-8.12.11-5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0BEXZFI000688 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:33:35 +0100 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 0807819949; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:28:43 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.191] (unknown [10.100.1.191]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 001B317BF1 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:28:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <41E3E0A3.4010304@iname.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/540/Tue Oct 19 14:59:23 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on mailrelay02 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17830 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17830 Gary wrote: > Some months ago I stopped upgrading ConTeXt. Here and there I saw > references to new file hierarchies, and something about installation > scripts ... if I remember correctly. I didn't want to break my system, > so I just stopped upgrading, and stopped reading those messages (which I > didn't understand, anyway). > > I'm currently using MikTeX. > > 1.) Concerning file hierarchy: did something monumental indeed ocurr > that I ignored? enc and map files as well as scripts are now in new locations, i assume that miktex has been adapted to that > 2.) If so, is it safe to upgrade? miktex has a good reputation or upgrading > 3.) Is there some other way besides my traditional method of unzipping > cont-tmf.zip file into /localtexmf ? Do I need to rebuild the file system? no, you can unzip, run "textools --fixtexmf --force", regenerate the database, and cross your fingers > 4.) Have I misinterpreted, and nothing much has changed? thing shave changed, e,g, the pdftex cfg file is gone now; no real problem for context since it never depended on that; the danger is in partially upgrading: a new pdftex will not work in an old tree > Sorry about this. I really want to avoid getting my system into some > strange state, and spending hours unraveling the mystery. Done that too > many times in my life. i do my best to avoid problem sfo rusers, but some things are out of my control Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------