[luatex] Luatex 0.74.0 announcement

[Keith J. Schultz]

Hi Reinhard,

I have a problem with your method.
On my Mac (OSX 10.8.2) my cp does not have a -d option.

My question is what does the -d option do on your system.

regards
	Keith.

Am 05.01.2013 um 03:18 schrieb Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>:

> 
> Just replacing the binary will certainly break your TeX Live system.
> In order to experiment with the new binary, it's best to create a
> cloned TeX Live:
> 
>  cd /usr/local/texlive
>  cp -dpR 2012 2012-test
> 
> If other users have access to your system, the following steps are
> advisable too (reason explained below):
> 
>  chown -R <user>:<group> 2012-test
>  chmod -R go-r
> 
> Then replace the LuaTeX binary in
> 
>  /usr/local/texlive/bin/2012-test/<platform> 
> 
> and re-create the format files.
> 
> 
> MacTeX allows you to switch between different versions of TL.  But I
> don't have a Mac and hence don't know whether the new version is
> recognized automatically.
>