[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-l3build] main: Use checkengines[1] as the default for stdengine (c6e5a33)

[Joseph Wright]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/l3build
On branch  : main
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/l3build/commit/c6e5a332600ec9c60d792ed118e888c160142ef1

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commit c6e5a332600ec9c60d792ed118e888c160142ef1
Author: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>
Date:   Wed Nov 24 07:43:19 2021 +0000

    Use checkengines[1] as the default for stdengine
    
    This essentially deprecates stdengine, but we leave
    it available at present. Probably it should be removed in
    a second commit once this has propogated.


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c6e5a332600ec9c60d792ed118e888c160142ef1
 CHANGELOG.md          | 3 +++
 l3build-variables.lua | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a1ee6e..dfc1bc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ this project uses date-based 'snapshot' version identifiers.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Use `checkengines[1]` as the defauly for `stdengine`
+
 ## [2021-11-24]
 
 - Always typeset in `typesetdir` (fixes #210)
diff --git a/l3build-variables.lua b/l3build-variables.lua
index 9f2b25b..d78c39c 100644
--- a/l3build-variables.lua
+++ b/l3build-variables.lua
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if not string.find(status.banner,"2019") then
     {luatex = {binary="luahbtex",format = "lualatex-dev"}}
 end
 
-stdengine    = stdengine    or "pdftex"
+stdengine = stdengine or checkengines[1] or "pdftex"
 
 -- The tests themselves
 includetests = includetests or {"*"}