Hello everybody, with a fresh TeX Live 2009 distribution, I cannot compile old files because of \writestatus which seems to be undefined.
For instance: \listfiles \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{etex} \usepackage{m-pictex,m-ch-en} \begin{document} Hello World! \end{document} leads to the following log: 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8< This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) entering extended mode (./test.tex LaTeX2e <2009/09/24> Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, ancientgreek, ibycus, arabic, basque, bulgarian, pinyin, farsi, fre nch, monogreek, greek, mongolian, mongolian2a, russian, ukrainian, loaded. (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/utf8.def (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.dfu) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1enc.dfu) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omsenc.dfu))) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/context/m-pictex.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/m-pictex.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pictex/prepictex.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pictex/pictex.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pictex/postpictex.tex))) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/context/m-ch-en.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/m-ch-en.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/ppchtex.noc (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-mis.mkii loading : ConTeXt Support Macros / Miscellaneous (2004.10.26) ) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/syst-gen.mkii ! Undefined control sequence. l.4441 \writestatus {loading}{ConTeXt System Macros / General} ? s OK, entering \scrollmode... ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.4441 \writestatus{l oading}{ConTeXt System Macros / General} ) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/syst-fnt.mkii) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/ppchtex.mkii ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \writestatus {loading}{ConTeXt Chemical Macro's / 1996.3.1} l.59 ...ing}{ConTeXt Chemical Macro's / 1996.3.1}} ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.59 ...ing}{ConTeXt Chemical Macro's / 1996.3.1}} ! Undefined control sequence. l.109 \writestatus {ppchtex}{using PiCTeX} ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.109 \writestatus{p pchtex}{using PiCTeX} )))) (./test.aux) [1{/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/ pdftex.map}] (./test.aux) *File List* article.cls 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option) inputenc.sty 2008/03/30 v1.1d Input encoding file utf8.def 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc t1enc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc ot1enc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc omsenc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc fontenc.sty t1enc.def 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX file etex.sty 1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB) m-pictex.sty 2004/07/30 package wrapper for m-pictex.tex m-pictex.tex m-ch-en.sty 2004/07/30 package wrapper for m-ch-en.tex m-ch-en.tex *********** ) (see the transcript file for additional information){/usr/local/texlive/2009/te xmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t1.enc}</usr/local/texlive/2009/texm f-dist/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm1000.pfb> Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 18434 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8< Thanks in advance for any hint. -- Denis ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________