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    Note that in my MWE, I don't use fontspec, so its not related to
    that (which was also updated). Its almost guaranteed to b one of the
    various lua* updates.  According to the MikTeX website, they are<br>
    <br>
    luatexbase<br>
     luaotfload <br>
    luamplib <br>
    lualibs <br>
    luabidi <br>
    hyph-utf8<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/2013 12:41 PM, Evan Cooch
      wrote:<br>
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      <font size="+1"><font face="Source Sans Pro">So, took my '<font
            size="+1">test machine' (Windows 7, MikteX 2.9),  </font>and

          tried out the latest Lua* updates (lots of updates - libs,
          binaries, many things...). And, said 'updates' completely
          breaks functioning system -- files not only don't compile,
          they y<font size="+1">ield nasty errors with words like
            'fatal' in them. ;-)<br>
            <br>
            <font size="+1">Consider following simpl<font size="+1">e <font
                  size="+1">MWE:<br>
                  <br>
                  <font size="+1">\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}<br>
                    <br>
                    \usepackage{unicode-math}<br>
                      \setmathfont{Asana Math}<br>
                    <br>
                    \begin{document}<br>
                    <br>
                    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
                    elit. Praesent in tincidunt nulla. Donec quis
                    laoreet est. Aenean vitae est felis, a venenatis
                    magna. Mauris semper bibendum vulputate. Etiam
                    bibendum quam ut erat rutrum consequat.<br>
                    <br>
                    \begin{equation}<br>
                    \frac{dN}{dt}=rN\left(1-\frac{N}{K}\right)<br>
                    \end{equation}<br>
                    <br>
                    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
                    elit. Morbi eget dolor ac diam interdum volutpat.
                    Cras luctus congue nibh, at dictum nulla iaculis
                    quis.<br>
                    <br>
                    \end{document} <br>
                    <br>
                     When I try to compile the file (from command line,
                    or otherwise), I get<br>
                    <br>
                    <font size="+1">Command Line:   lualatex.exe
                      --shell-escape "lua-mwe.tex"<br>
                      Startup Folder: C:\Users\egc\Desktop\downloads\mwe
                      files<br>
                      <br>
                      This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.76.0-2013062419
                      (rev 4627) <br>
                       \write18 enabled.<br>
                      <br>
                      (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)<br>
                      LuaLaTeX failed to create a pdf file.<br>
                      For possible explanations start the command from
                      the Command Prompt...<br>
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      <font size="+1"><fyi: trying from the command
                        prompt yields the same message<font size="+1">></font>.
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        <font size="+1">So, now we'e back to figuring
                          out which of the 6-8 <font size="+1">'updates'

                            (along, <font size="+1">or together) is not
                              playing nice....<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
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