Problem with mactex-20240213.pkg

[Alain Matthes]

Thank you Bruno, I will try in a few hours 
Alain 
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> Le 22 févr. 2024 à 14:32, Bruno Voisin via tex-live <tex-live at tug.org> a écrit :
> 
> 
>> 
>> Alain Matthes wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not very good at doing this kind of installation.
>> As I'm currently using lualatex exclusively, I thought I'd give it a try.
>> Installation went well
>> 
>> I tried with a simple document.
>> 
>> ———————————————
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \begin{document}
>> Hello
>> \end{document}
>> ———————————————
>> 
>> and I get a FATAL error :
>> 
>> ———————————————
>> This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.18.0 (TeX Live 2024) (format=lualatex 2024.2.22) 22 FEB 2024 08:17
>> [...]
>> luaotfload | load : FATAL ERROR
>> luaotfload | load : × Failed to load "fontloader" module "basics-gen".
>> luaotfload | load : × Error message:
>> luaotfload | load : × "...024/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-i
>> nit.lua:301: system : no writeable cache path, quiting"....024/texmf-dist/tex/lu
>> atex/luaotfload/luaotfload-init.lua:301: system : no writeable cache path, quiti
>> ng
>> [..]
>> ———————————————
>> 
>> Should I wait for the final version or try to complete my installation?
> 
> Hello Alain,
> 
> The problem arose in the first days of the pretest. It's tied with the new security model of LuaTeX.
> 
> I didn't follow closely, but I think it's been solved by an update of the luaotfload package. Have you tried applying updates to your installation in TeX Live Utility? You need to go to Configure > Manage Repositories, then add one of the pretest repositories listed at
> 
> https://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/
> 
> Make sure to enter the whole URL for the repository (not just the part shown on that page). See the screenshot below.
> 
> The problem is that luaotfload needs to create cache files inside ~/Library/texlive/2024/texmf-var/luatex-cache. The version included in mactex-20240213.pkg can write to an existing texmf-var folder, but it cannot create it. The luaotfload updates fixes that.
> 
> If for some reason it doesn't, you can create the texmf-var folder yourself inside ~/Library/texlive/2024/. LuaTeX should work after that.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Bruno Voisin
> 
> <Screenshot 2024-02-22 at 14.16.59.png>
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