[OS X TeX] xelatex fail with TeX Live 2011

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 16, 2011, at 7:44 AM, Antonio Fortin wrote:

> Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Antonio Fortin wrote:
>> 
>>> Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>>> On Aug 15, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Antonio Fortin wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you using the mirror or a fixed server? If a fixed
>>>>>> server, what is it's URL?
>>>>> I'm in Africa atm so I've been using
>>>>> http://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet but I found
>>>>> the most up-to-date files at
>>>>> http://ctan.unixbrain.com/systems/texlive/tlnet
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers, Antonio
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> The ftp.sun.ac.za server looks like it's pretty much up to date.
>>>> I don't quite understand the unixbrain.com server since it not
>>>> only has recent stuff but also some much older stuff.
>>>> 
>>>> What are the log messages you are seeing when you run TLU?
>>>> 
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>> Here's the log.
>>> 
>>> -Antonio
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> You might bring this up on the tex-live list too. At this point I
>> don't see anything wrong with your system right now.
>> 
>> Could you run the enclosed version (it contains \listfiles) and
>> compare the list it generates to the one I get:
> 
> Unfortunately, the run doesn't get as far as listing files. I've
> attached the log, which is pretty much identical to the one
> I'd sent previously.
> 
> I'll try on the tex-live list. Thanks for your help, Herb.
> 
> Cheers,
> Antonio

Howdy,

I just noticed that the expl3 package is coming from an expl3 directory. This was changed a while back to a new version in an l3kernel directory and there were some problems with deleting the original versions of the l3 files. That was corrected but I don't know why the older files still exist in your system. I don't know who to fix that up so going to the tex-live list makes a lot of sense.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)