Re: beta / cjk

[Yue Wang <yuleopen@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yue Wang wrote:
>> beta is not working. failed when generating the format for mkii
>
> It still works for me. You are still using ruby 1.8, I assume?
>

Yes.

>> TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions
>
> Also, it seems that sometimes you get that when you are creating
> the formats from within a wrong starting directory. Can you try
> from e.g.  C:\Temp ?
>

C:\temp>texexec --make
TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast'
TeXExec | updating file database
Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-project/ls-R to write.
mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R.
Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-local/ls-R to write.
mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R.
mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R.
Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R to write.
mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf/ls-R.
mktexlsr: Done.
TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex
TeXExec | using tex format path ./pdftex
TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions
TeXExec | using mp engine mpost
TeXExec | using mps format path .
TeXExec | generating mps format metafun
warning: mpost: unimplemented option -translate-file=natural.tcx
This is MetaPost, version 1.102 (kpathsea version 3.5.7) (INIMP)
(c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp (c:/context/tex/t
exmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp
Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metap
ost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base
/mp-spec.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp)
(c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) (c:/context/tex/
texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me
tapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/b
ase/mp-shap.mp)
(c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) (c:/context/tex/
texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me
tapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/b
ase/mp-grph.mp)
(c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) (c:/context/tex/
texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-mlib.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me
tapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/ba
se/mp-form.mp
(c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/ba
se/marith.mp (c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) (c:/context/tex/t
exmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) )
Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem
 (mem=metafun 2009.03.03)
at most 2189 strings of total length 17786
49468 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12831&36510
1792 symbolic tokens
Transcript written on metafun.log.
TeXExec |
TeXExec | mps engine path: .
TeXExec |
TeXExec | mps: 03/03/2009 17:59:21 > C:/temp/metafun.mem (483328)
TeXExec | mps: 03/03/2009 17:59:21 > C:/temp/metafun.mem (483328)
TeXExec |
TeXExec | runtime: 0.328

C:\temp>ruby --version
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]

C:\temp>


> I have had this "due to lack of permissions" happen to me on
> various  occasions also, but I've never been able to pinpoint the
> exact cause.

I use Hans's context/install/mswincontext.zip and upgrade context
using the first-setup.sh inside that file.
It works fine during the last few months. however, today the problem
appears. I didn't change anything. so strange.

>
> Best wishes,
> Taco
>
>
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