From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/61142 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Ubuntu and Context MKIV Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:53:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4C7228E3.2080509@telefonica.net> References: <4C6D045B.2080606@telefonica.net> <4C6D1AC8.506@telefonica.net> <4C6EF697.9030702@telefonica.net> <4C6FE99A.2010204@telefonica.net> <4C7135C1.1070708@telefonica.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282549771 16180 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2010 07:49:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:49:31 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Aug 23 09:49:29 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnRma-0004Xu-4Q for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FDFFCA5B6; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:27 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id LhwOeDRblBdI; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B4CCA5D4; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DED2CA5D4 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id EgxUquscUeFh for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B4FCA5B6 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from IMPaqm4.telefonica.net (impaqm4.telefonica.net [213.4.138.4]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o7N7nGak006938 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:17 +0200 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost6.adm.correo ([10.20.102.127]) by IMPaqm4.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id xiMY1e00K2kvMAa3QjpGyM; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:16 +0200 Original-Received: from [172.26.0.7] ([79.154.66.90]) by IMPmailhost6.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id xjpF1e00B1wqirz1mjpGug; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:16 +0200 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-TE-authinfo: authemail="dxpublica" |auth_email="dxpublica@telefonica.net" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitnetc02" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.4.138.4; country=ES; region=29; city=Madrid; latitude=40.4000; longitude=-3.6833; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.4000,-3.6833&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0xCVHNgzB - 05f6e24f931b - 20100823 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:61142 Archived-At: Al 22/08/10 23:43, En/na George N. White III ha escrit: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > >> On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Xan wrote: >> >> >>> I file a bug: >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/context/+bug/622253 >>> >>> Please, provide any comments you want. >>> >> What you have reported there is not a bug. After installing ConTeXt, you >> need to run (luatools --generate) as a normal user; only then mtx-contex.lua >> will be found. >> > The need to run "luatools --generate" is not sufficiently > visible (it is in README.MarkIV). Any package that requires > user configuration steps should have a mechanism to inform > the user that such steps are required. I suspect the damage > was already done by the time the OP tried "luatools --generate" , > and was perhaps made worse by running the command from > a root prompt. > > >> In your case, running luatools --generate does not help, and that is the >> bug. >> > You are right, but with a system like context it is sometimes better to > avoid stressing the tools by following standard procedures. > > The OP ended up with /etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex, which suggests that > MkII and/or fmtutil tried to install formats under /etc/texmf/web2c. It may > be too much to expect luatools to recover when things are not where they > belong and files under $HOME are not owned by the user. > > Thanks George of confirming the bug. In my opinion, the context package has to be ready for running. No intervention of user should be needed. For the other hand, I have problems running luatools, so we have a bug: or the first or the second. 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