yes, Taco, you are right. it generated plain.mem and log, metafun.men and log on the c:\Temp.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Yue Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Taco Hoekwater <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Yue Wang wrote: >>> beta is not working. failed when generating the format for mkii >> >> It still works for me. You are still using ruby 1.8, I assume? >> > > Yes. > >>> TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions >> >> Also, it seems that sometimes you get that when you are creating >> the formats from within a wrong starting directory. Can you try >> from e.g. C:\Temp ? >> > > C:\temp>texexec --make > TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' > TeXExec | updating file database > Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-project/ls-R to write. > mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R. > Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-local/ls-R to write. > mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R. > mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R. > Cannot open C:/context/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R to write. > mktexlsr: Updating C:/context/tex/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updated C:/context/tex/texmf/ls-R. > mktexlsr: Done. > TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex > TeXExec | using tex format path ./pdftex > TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions > TeXExec | using mp engine mpost > TeXExec | using mps format path . > TeXExec | generating mps format metafun > warning: mpost: unimplemented option -translate-file=natural.tcx > This is MetaPost, version 1.102 (kpathsea version 3.5.7) (INIMP) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp > (c:/context/tex/t > exmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp > Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metap > ost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base > /mp-spec.mp) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) > (c:/context/tex/ > texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me > tapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/b > ase/mp-shap.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) > (c:/context/tex/ > texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me > tapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/b > ase/mp-grph.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) > (c:/context/tex/ > texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-mlib.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/me > tapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp > (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/ba > se/mp-form.mp > (c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) > (c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/ba > se/marith.mp (c:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) > (c:/context/tex/t > exmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) ) > Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem > (mem=metafun 2009.03.03) > at most 2189 strings of total length 17786 > 49468 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12831&36510 > 1792 symbolic tokens > Transcript written on metafun.log. > TeXExec | > TeXExec | mps engine path: . > TeXExec | > TeXExec | mps: 03/03/2009 17:59:21 > C:/temp/metafun.mem (483328) > TeXExec | mps: 03/03/2009 17:59:21 > C:/temp/metafun.mem (483328) > TeXExec | > TeXExec | runtime: 0.328 > > C:\temp>ruby --version > ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32] > > C:\temp> > > >> I have had this "due to lack of permissions" happen to me on >> various occasions also, but I've never been able to pinpoint the >> exact cause. > > I use Hans's context/install/mswincontext.zip and upgrade context > using the first-setup.sh inside that file. > It works fine during the last few months. however, today the problem > appears. I didn't change anything. so strange. > >> >> Best wishes, >> Taco >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> >> maillist : [email protected] / >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
