<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
Hello,
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">After recently updating to MacTeX 2021 I’ve run into issues with my old files that used to compile perfectly. As a MWE, here’s a code from <a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/270351/a-ruler-symbol-in-latex:" class="">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/270351/a-ruler-symbol-in-latex:</a></div>
<div class="">
<pre class="lang-tex s-code-block" style="margin: 0px 0px calc(var(--s-prose-spacing) + 0.4em); padding: 12px; border: 0px; font-family: var(--ff-mono); font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.30769231; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; color: var(--highlight-color); word-wrap: normal;"><code class="language-latex hljs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 19.5px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: inherit;"><span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\documentclass</span>[pstricks,margin=1mm]{standalone}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\begin</span>{document}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\begin</span>{pspicture}(-.2,1.5)(10.2,3)
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\psframe</span>[linecolor=lightgray](-.2,1.5)(10.2,3)
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\multips</span>(0,3)(0.1,0){101}{<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\psline</span>(0,-.1)}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\multips</span>(0,3)(0.5,0){21}{<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\psline</span>(0,-.2)}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\foreach</span> <span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\x</span> in {0,...,10}{<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\rput</span>(<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\x</span>,3){<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\psline</span>(0,-.3)}<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\uput</span>{4mm}[-90](<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\x</span>,3){<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\scriptsize</span><span class="hljs-built_in" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-literal);">$</span><span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\x</span><span class="hljs-built_in" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-literal);">$</span>}}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\rput</span>[r](10,1.8){<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\scriptsize</span> Made in Japan}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\end</span>{pspicture}
<span class="hljs-keyword" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--highlight-keyword);">\end</span>{document}</code></pre>
<pre class="lang-tex s-code-block" style="margin: 0px 0px calc(var(--s-prose-spacing) + 0.4em); padding: 12px; border: 0px; font-family: var(--ff-mono); font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.30769231; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; color: var(--highlight-color); word-wrap: normal;">Compiling with XeLaTex gives the error below. Would somebody please give me suggestions of how to solve the problem.</pre>
<pre class="lang-tex s-code-block" style="margin: 0px 0px calc(var(--s-prose-spacing) + 0.4em); padding: 12px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.30769231; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; word-wrap: normal;"><font face="Helvetica" class="">Dictionary stack:
--dict:756/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Permission denied
Current file position is 69
GPL Ghostscript 9.53.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Error: /invalidfileaccess in --run--
Operand stack:
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) (r)
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- run run false 1 %stopped_push 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop 1973 1 3 %oparray_pop 1961 1 3 %oparray_pop 1817 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop run
Dictionary stack:
--dict:756/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Permission denied
Current file position is 69
GPL Ghostscript 9.53.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Error: /invalidfileaccess in --run--
Operand stack:
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) (r)
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- run run false 1 %stopped_push 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop 1973 1 3 %oparray_pop 1961 1 3 %oparray_pop 1817 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop run
Dictionary stack:
--dict:756/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Permission denied
Current file position is 69
GPL Ghostscript 9.53.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
Error: /invalidfileaccess in --run--
Operand stack:
(/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) (r)
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- run run false 1 %stopped_push 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop 1973 1 3 %oparray_pop 1961 1 3 %oparray_pop 1817 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- run --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1974 1 3 %oparray_pop run
Dictionary stack:
--dict:756/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Permission denied
Current file position is 69
GPL Ghostscript 9.53.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
)
Output written on testint2021.pdf (1 page).
SyncTeX written on testint2021.synctex.gz.
Transcript written on testint2021.log.</font></pre>
<pre class="lang-tex s-code-block" style="margin: 0px 0px calc(var(--s-prose-spacing) + 0.4em); padding: 12px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.30769231; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; word-wrap: normal;"><font face="Helvetica" class="">Best regards,</font></pre>
<pre class="lang-tex s-code-block" style="margin: 0px 0px calc(var(--s-prose-spacing) + 0.4em); padding: 12px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.30769231; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; width: auto; max-height: 600px; overflow: auto; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; word-wrap: normal;"><font face="Helvetica" class=""> Kari Eloranta, Finland</font></pre>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>