Am 15.03.26 um 12:55 schrieb Max Chernoff via ntg-context:
Hi Hans,
On Sun, 2026-03-15 at 12:40 +0100, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
(btw, last week at hrabans context workshop we found out that installing
context from texlive is broken and unuseable;
Hmm, sorry, that's unfortunate. The ConTeXt in TL works for me and I
haven't heard any recent complaints, so I'm not entirely sure what's
wrong. If you or Hraban (or anybody else) is able to reproduce the
issue, please either report it on GitHub
https://github.com/gucci-on-fleek/context-packaging
or email me and I'll try and fix it.
Hi Max, I wanted to report but found no time so far.
On one participant’s Mac (clean TL26 installation, no previous TeX) we
could generate the file database and make the format, but afterwards,
“context” didn’t find the existing format. It worked if we called
context with the full path.
(I think it was Harald who tracked it so far.)
AFAIR others had the same problem. I was a bit overwhelmed because I
tried to overcome the deficiencies of the aging beamer (blurry, too
dark, psychedelic colors) with really big font sizes in all used
programs. Additionally, TeXworks crashed all the time (Debian/GNOME;
reproducible crashes with ConTeXt’s arranging=imposition features).
With at least two other participants (Linux and Windows, AFAIR) it
worked, but it’s possible that files from TL25 were used.
A common problem of previous TLs (didn’t check 26) was that
lua(meta)tex’s cache was built with administrator rights on
installation. Running as a normal user, this was not writable, so
lua(meta)tex created a new one, that resulted in conflicts about files
not found or found in wrong places.
Please avoid creating anything for ConTeXt with admin rights.
Hraban
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