mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

For I had some problems with my installation I tried to start from
scratch. But I'm stuck with an error in mtxrun:

Welcome to Darwin!
user$ cd /usr/local/ConTeXt/
/usr/local/ConTeXt user$ rsync -ptv
rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .
first-setup.sh

sent 115 bytes  received 1757 bytes  1248.00 bytes/sec
total size is 1638  speedup is 0.88
/usr/local/ConTeXt user$ ./first-setup.sh receiving file list ... done
bin/
bin/mtx-update-old.lua
bin/mtx-update.lua
bin/mtxrun
bin/texlua

sent 186 bytes  received 6127742 bytes  331239.35 bytes/sec
total size is 6126659  speedup is 1.00
MtxRun | version 1.1.0 - 2007+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT

MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /usr/local/ConTeXt
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /usr/local
MtxRun | variable TEXMFCNF set to
{$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,.local,}/web2c}
MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known)
MtxRun | using script: bin/mtx-update.lua

state | loaded
update | start
/usr/local/ConTeXt/bin/mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value


And that's it.

Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system
command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed
variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is
probably wrong.

Please help?


Greetlings, Hraban
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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Hans Hagen]

Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

> Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system
> command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed
> variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is
> probably wrong.

what mtxrun do you run ... you need to copy the file mtxrun.lua in the 
scripth path to mtxrun in the bin path

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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2008-08-08 um 23:38 schrieb Hans Hagen:

> Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system
>> command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed
>> variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is
>> probably wrong.
>
> what mtxrun do you run ... you need to copy the file mtxrun.lua in the
> scripth path to mtxrun in the bin path

I copied the complete shell session to the previous mail:
I.e. I get first-setup via rsync from the garden and run it;
it fetches the bin dir and runs mtxrun from there, and that already  
fails.

This error occurrs at work on a Mac G5 (PPC) running OSX 10.4; ConTeXt  
is installed in /usr/local/ConTeXt.
At home, on a Mac mini (Intel) running OSX 10.5, it works; here  
ConTeXt is installed in ~/Library/texmf.
Both installations use the "garden way".

On monday I'll check whether there's another mtxrun.lua somewhere on  
the system - but the path configuration is correct.


Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 1:09 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net> wrote:
> Am 2008-08-08 um 23:38 schrieb Hans Hagen:
>
>> Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>>> Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system
>>> command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed
>>> variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is
>>> probably wrong.
>>
>> what mtxrun do you run ... you need to copy the file mtxrun.lua in the
>> scripth path to mtxrun in the bin path
>
> I copied the complete shell session to the previous mail:
> I.e. I get first-setup via rsync from the garden and run it;
> it fetches the bin dir and runs mtxrun from there, and that already
> fails.
>
> This error occurrs at work on a Mac G5 (PPC) running OSX 10.4; ConTeXt
> is installed in /usr/local/ConTeXt.
> At home, on a Mac mini (Intel) running OSX 10.5, it works; here
> ConTeXt is installed in ~/Library/texmf.
> Both installations use the "garden way".

Thanks for the other hint about PPC. Can you please retry the installation?

I had problems cross-compiling luatex, so it remained at an old
version for quite some time. After the issue had been fixed, I still
had a tiny bug in my scripts which prevented the new binaries to be
uploaded.

If others (FreeBSD) have problems - many people have problems with
commiting files to the SVN repository. It seems to be some SVN version
incompatibility issue, but I do not dare touching svn on the server.

Mojca
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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[David Rogers]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net> wrote:
> For I had some problems with my installation I tried to start from
> scratch. But I'm stuck with an error in mtxrun:
>
> Welcome to Darwin!
> user$ cd /usr/local/ConTeXt/
> /usr/local/ConTeXt user$ rsync -ptv
> rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh .
> first-setup.sh
>
> sent 115 bytes  received 1757 bytes  1248.00 bytes/sec
> total size is 1638  speedup is 0.88
> /usr/local/ConTeXt user$ ./first-setup.sh receiving file list ... done
> bin/
> bin/mtx-update-old.lua
> bin/mtx-update.lua
> bin/mtxrun
> bin/texlua
>
> sent 186 bytes  received 6127742 bytes  331239.35 bytes/sec
> total size is 6126659  speedup is 1.00
> MtxRun | version 1.1.0 - 2007+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT
>
> MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin
> MtxRun | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /usr/local/ConTeXt
> MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /usr/local
> MtxRun | variable TEXMFCNF set to
> {$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,.local,}/web2c}
> MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known)
> MtxRun | using script: bin/mtx-update.lua
>
> state | loaded
> update | start
> /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin/mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value
>
>
> And that's it.
>
> Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system
> command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed
> variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is
> probably wrong.
>
> Please help?


I had the same problem. I then gave the command as:

sudo ./first-setup.sh

That succeeded, and the resulting ConTeXt installation seems to run
correctly - but I'm not smart enough to know why this worked or why it
should be necessary.

David
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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Yue Wang]

Hi

> sudo ./first-setup.sh

I always update the context minimals in this way, so I have never
heard about this problem:(

Yue Wang
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Re: mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

2008/8/9 Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>:
>> This error occurrs on a Mac G5 (PPC) running OSX 10.4; ConTeXt
>> is installed in /usr/local/ConTeXt.

> Thanks for the other hint about PPC. Can you please retry the installation?

All is well again, thank you!


Greetlings, Hraban
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