On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 16:05, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
wrote:

> On 5/7/2023 3:18 PM, vm via ntg-context wrote:
> > running the sh install.sh script to update to the latest version i get a
> > message:
> >
> > /home/vm/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex: unrecognized option
> > '--socket'
> >
> > there is probably a reason for it, context seems to compile just fine.
> ah, ok, so that luatex update even broke the context updater (i didn't
> realize that luatex would quit on an unknown option instead of just
> ignoring it)
>

indeed is what happens in this case :  luatex emits  a message
and continues (as the email says:  "...context seems to compile just fine.")

--socket is a new option for luatex 1.17.0, where sockets are disabled by
default .


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luigi