problems with minimal/pdftex

problems with minimal/pdftex

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi,

I've just downloaded a minimal for mac os x/power-pc and experience
the following problem:

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$ cat simple.tex 
\starttext
Hello World! This is ConTeXt.
\stoptext
$ texexec simple.tex
TeXExec | processing document 'simple.tex'
TeXExec | no ctx file found
TeXExec | tex processing method: context
TeXExec | TeX run 1
TeXExec | writing option file simple.top
TeXExec | using randomseed 1046
TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.50.0-alpha-20071218 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 \write18 enabled.
 (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./simple.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2008.04.18 14:17 MKII  fmt: 2008.4.19  int: english/english

language        : language en is active
system          : cont-new loaded
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems         : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex))
...
...
...
{/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map}
fonts           : using map file: original-ams-euler
{/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map
} (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.mkii))
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex
loading         : Context Sorting Macros (languages)
(/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument
TeXExec | runtime: 2.623539

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So, there is no output generated. Any clue where I can start looking
for a solution?

I have a texlive 2007 installed in parallel, but is this harmful?


Any help appreciated! Patrick
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi,
>
> I've just downloaded a minimal for mac os x/power-pc and experience
> the following problem:

[...]

additional info: 

$ pdftex --version
pdfTeX 3.141592-1.50.0-alpha-20071218-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea version 3.5.6dev
$ which pdftex
/opt/context/tex/texmf-osx-ppc/bin/pdftex


Patrick

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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hello again,


>> I've just downloaded a minimal for mac os x/power-pc and experience
>> the following problem:

I've thought that the "brokenness" of the binary in the minimals is only
related to image inclusion, but it seems as if this touches more ares.

I have no problems in generating new binaries myself.

Patrick
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Martin Schröder]

2008/4/19, Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch>:
>  (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument

This is typical for a mixup with LFS. Can you try a newer alpha and
make sure that --disable-largefile is active?

Best
   Martin
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Hans Hagen]

Patrick Gundlach wrote:

> (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument

weird, looks like an message from pdftex itself

Hans

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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> 
>> (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument
> 
> weird, looks like an message from pdftex itself

Like Martin said already: you get this kind of magic when the large file
support in the binary is misconfigured/miscompiled. Not a macro problem
at all.

Best wishes,
Taco

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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Martin Schröder]

2008/4/19, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
> weird, looks like an message from pdftex itself

No, it's glibc. :-(

Best
   Martin
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
>  > Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>  >
>  >> (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument
>  >
>  > weird, looks like an message from pdftex itself
>
>  Like Martin said already: you get this kind of magic when the large file
>  support in the binary is misconfigured/miscompiled. Not a macro problem
>  at all.

If that's a problem with misconfiguration/"miscompilation", then I'm
the one to be accused :P

The binary has most probably been cross-compiled on mac intel (some
versions were compiled natively, don't remember which one and when),
but it has been compiled the same way as the one for intel, only with
   CFLAGS="-arch ppc" LDFLAGS="-arch ppc" CXXFLAGS="-arch ppc" ./build.sh
(thanks to Arthur) and with no special settings or other configuration options.

XeTeX, metapost and LuaTeX have been compiled in the same way, but
apparently they work?

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Martin Schröder wrote:
>
> > weird, looks like an message from pdftex itself
>
>  No, it's glibc. :-(

Jonathan Kew has said that I might want to select a lower version of
something (maybe gcc) when cross-compiling for ppc. Could that be part
of the problem?

The problem is that I only build the ppc binaries and never have a
chance to test them.

Mojca
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Martin Schröder]

2008/4/19, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>:
>  The problem is that I only build the ppc binaries and never have a
>  chance to test them.

I hope that I'll be able to build _and_ test the ppc binaries on
Patrick's computer in the future.

Best
   Martin
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Re: problems with minimal/pdftex

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi Martin,

> I hope that I'll be able to build _and_ test the ppc binaries on
> Patrick's computer in the future.

I'll give you an account on my machine on monday... So we(=you :) might
be able to track down this problem.

Patrick
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