[lltx] endless loop

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Wed Feb 16 16:26:00 CET 2011


On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:35:21PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote:
> I've encountered it recently, and Manuel too. For the moment, the
> solution (if I remember correctly what I've done) is to create a
> dummy database file with nothing in it, where luaotfload would have
> put it, i.e.:
> 
> $home/.texlive2010/texmf-var/luatex-cache/generic/names/otfl-names.lua
> 
> But Manuel will send a bug report to Khaled, so it should be fixed soon.

Fixed on git few days ago, I think it deserves a release. I wounder why
everyone is encountering it just now (this is like the fifth report)
though the bug have been there for ages.

Regards,
 Khaled

> 
> Best,
> Paul
> 
> Le 16/02/2011 14:30, Patrick Gundlach a écrit :
> >Hi,
> >
> >I come across this error when using lualatex:
> >
> >------------------------------------------------
> >[many messages like these:]
> >luaotfload | Font names database not found, generating new one.
> >              This can take several minutes; please be patient.
> >luaotfload | Updating the font names database:
> >! LuaTeX error ...e2010/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-file.lua:75: stac
> >k overflow.
> ><to be read again>
> >                    \scan_stop:
> >l.4 \setmainfont{TeX Gyre Bonum}
> >------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >The input file is from a question on the luatex list:
> >
> >------------------------------------------------
> >\documentclass{article}
> >\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
> >\usepackage{fontspec}
> >\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Bonum}
> >\begin{document}
> >fh aufhalten
> >\end{document}
> >------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >Now- what to do?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Patrick
> >
> >
> >

-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Egyptian


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