On 2014-05-05 at 23:51:03 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Eduardo Ochs wrote: > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> Yes, this is the supposed way to build luatex (other than fetching it > >> from svn tag or TeX Live). But you are "not supposed" to build version > >> 0.79.0. Version 0.79.1 has been released precisely to solve the > >> problems you are experiencing. > > > > I have now been able to compile luatex-0.79.1 at my Debian box, but I > > can't figure out how to make it run as lualatex... > > The easiest way by far is to install TeX Live 2014 from one of the > tlpretest mirrors. > > https://www.tug.org/texlive/pretest.html > > And from what I understood the TL 2014 testing packages for Debian are > ready as well. > > The second-easiest thing is to replace the existing luatex binary and > run "fmtutil --all" or "sudo fmtutil-sys --all" (or "--byfmt lualatex" > or something similar) to generate the formats for you. > > Please keep in mind that once you run those commands, you might need > to deleted the user-generated formats when you upgrade TeX Live.
Since TL2013 is frozen forever, I can't recommend the second approach any more. I already replaced binaries in TL-2013 with files from the luatex repository when severe bugs had been fixed. However, it's always advisable to backup the original files before. Since the TL-2014 pretest is available, it's certainly not worth the trouble and it's best to leave the TL-2013 installation untouched. If you install TL-2014-pretest now, you don't have to install the official TL-2014 release again. It's sufficient to change the mirror. You definitely don't gain anything by changing your TL-2013 installation though TL-2014 is already available. Upgrading from pretest to the official release worked always smoothly in the past. Regards, Reinhard -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
