tl24 pretest

[Akira Kakuto]

On 2024/02/13 16:03, Uwe Siart wrote:
> Uwe Siart <usenet at siart.de> writes:
> 
>> Stephan Lukasczyk <stephan at dante.de> writes:
>>
>>>> ...024/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-init.lua:301: system : no wr
>>>> iteable cache path, quiting
>>>> stack traceback:
>>>> 	[C]: in function 'error
>>
>> Exactly the same problem here on windows. During install ~/.texlive2024
>> was created but it looks like lualatex can't use it.
>>
>> Could it be due to $TEXMFSYSVAR (should not be user writable) in
>> TEXMFCACHE plus the new luatex write file paranoia?
> 
> I did the following steps and now lualatex works fine. Don't think that
> all of them were really relevant:
> 
> 1. Create directory texmf-var in ~\.texlive2024 by hand (it didn't
> exist)
> 
> 2. Run mtxrun --generate in an admin shell
> 
> 3. Run context --luatex --generate in an admin shell
> 
> 4. Run luaotfload-tool --update --force in an admin shell
> 
> 5. Run luaotfload-tool --update in a user shell
> 

By default, luatex cache files and xetex cache files on windows
are written in TEXMFSYSVAR. I think that it is recommended to add
'changeable' and 'writable' in security properties for 'Users'
of TEXMFSYSVAR.


TEXMFCACHE = $TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR
FC_CACHEDIR = $TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts/cache

Best,
Akira