[OS X TeX] ConTeXt issues

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 10, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:

> On 09/09/2011 15:48, Joseph Wright wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm trying to get ConTeXT MkIV working with MacTeX 2011. My system seems
>> to be up to date, but running 'context' from the Terminal (MAc OS
>> 10.6.8) gives:
>> 
>> mtxrun          | forcing cache reload
>> resolvers       | resolving | configuration files already identified
>> resolvers       | resolving | skipping configuration file
>> 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content)
>> resolvers       | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF)
>> resolvers       | resolving |
>> mtxrun          | the resolver databases are not present or outdated
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-context.lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> mtxrun          | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'
>> 
>> 'luatools --generate' gives a similar issue
>> 
>> mtxrun          | forcing cache reload
>> resolvers       | resolving | configuration files already identified
>> resolvers       | resolving | skipping configuration file
>> 'selfautoparent:/texmfcnf.lua' (no content)
>> resolvers       | resolving | no texmf paths are defined (using TEXMF)
>> resolvers       | resolving |
>> mtxrun          | the resolver databases are not present or outdated
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | remembered file 'mtx-base.lua'
>> resolvers       | resolving | using suffix based filetype 'lua'
>> mtxrun          | unknown script 'base.lua' or 'mtx-base.lua'
>> 
>> I'm not sure at the moment if this is MacTeX-specific or a TeX Live 2011
>> issue. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Thanks to Mojca Miklavec I now have the answer. My copy of
> /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmfcnf.lua read:
> 
> -- (Public domain.)
> -- This texmfcnf.lua file should exist only if you have personal changes
> -- from the distributed file; for example, if TEXMFVAR was changed in
> -- the installer.
> --
> return { TEXMFCACHE = '~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var' }
> 
> I installed MacTeX 2011 during pre-testing, and therefore this needs to
> be amended to
> 
> return {
>  content = {
>    variables = {
>      TEXMFHOME = "~/Library/texmf",
>      TEXMFVAR = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-var",
>      TEXMFCONFIG = "~/Library/texlive/2011/texmf-config",
>    },
>  },
> }
> 
> This is now 'standard', so reinstalling MacTeX would also have worked,
> but I think editing one text file is preferable :-)
> -- 
> Joseph Wright

Howdy,

Once the official version of MacTeX-2011 came out it was probably a good idea to remove /usr/local/texbin/2011 and install from the final version.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)