Hi Reinhard,
I have a problem with your method.
On my Mac (OSX 10.8.2) my cp does not have a -d option.
My question is what does the -d option do on your system.
regards
Keith.
Am 05.01.2013 um 03:18 schrieb Reinhard Kotucha <[email protected]>:
>
> Just replacing the binary will certainly break your TeX Live system.
> In order to experiment with the new binary, it's best to create a
> cloned TeX Live:
>
> cd /usr/local/texlive
> cp -dpR 2012 2012-test
>
> If other users have access to your system, the following steps are
> advisable too (reason explained below):
>
> chown -R <user>:<group> 2012-test
> chmod -R go-r
>
> Then replace the LuaTeX binary in
>
> /usr/local/texlive/bin/2012-test/<platform>
>
> and re-create the format files.
>
>
> MacTeX allows you to switch between different versions of TL. But I
> don't have a Mac and hence don't know whether the new version is
> recognized automatically.
>
