[tex-live] Failures when rebuilding MetaPost formats

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

On Thursday I started an update. In the end it was reported that  
rebuilding the MetaPost related formats failed:

	This is MetaPost, version 1.504 (kpathsea version 6.0.0)
	(/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp (/usr/ 
local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp
	Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) )
	Transcript written on mpost.log.
	Error: `mpost -ini  -jobname=mpost -progname=mpost mpost.mp' failed
	fmtutil: running `mpost -ini   -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain  
mfplain.ini' ...
	This is MetaPost, version 1.504 (kpathsea version 6.0.0)
	(/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/config/mfplain.ini (/usr/ 
local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mfplain.mp
	Preloading the plain base, version 0.99: preliminaries,
	 basic constants and mathematical macros,
	 macros for converting units,
	 macros and tables for various modes of operation,
	 macros for drawing and filling,
	 macros for proof labels and rules,
	 macros for character and font administration,
	and a few last-minute items. ) )
	Transcript written on mfplain.log.
	Error: `mpost -ini  -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain mfplain.ini'  
failed
	
	 
###############################################################################
	fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
	Visit the log files in directory
	  /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-var/web2c
	for details.
	 
###############################################################################
	
	This is a summary of all `failed' messages:
	`mpost -ini  -jobname=mpost -progname=mpost mpost.mp' failed
	`mpost -ini  -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain mfplain.ini' failed
	
	running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-format --byengine luatex ...
	done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-format --byengine luatex.
	tlmgr: exiting unsuccessfully (status 1).


The LOG files in /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-var/web2c

	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel    749 28. Apr 12:32 mfplain.log
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  56078 28. Apr 12:32 mfplain.mem
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel    455 28. Apr 12:32 mpost.log
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  50511 28. Apr 12:32 mpost.mem
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel   1790 28. Apr 12:31 metafun.log
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 489040 28. Apr 12:31 metafun.mem
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  50511 12. Dez 11:23 mplib-luatex.mem

do not exhibit any hints – because they were not created! And  
rebuilding the formats does not seem to be necessary...

--
Greetings

   Pete

Who the fsck is "General Failure," and why is he reading my disk?