Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 06:05:08PM +0100, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Arthur's > > if command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 | fgrep -q '^musl' > > works for me, but again, there may be other corner cases that we don't see > now. I would suggest reversing the logic of this test: default

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

> if ! command -v ldd >/dev/null || ! ldd --version 2>&1 | grep -E -q > '^musl'; then > libc=glic > else > libc=musl > fi Actually that’s nonsense, the opposite order is better (i. e. the original one). I’ll explain why after a good night’s sleep.

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

> However, I was the one who requested the musl detection in config.guess > and the maintainer implemented the check like this for reasons of > portability. Without escaping the caret it’s not as portable as it could be. By the way, I checked in the mean time, and the problem with unescaped

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

I am not the author of this check, I simply took it from config.guess https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob;f=config.guess;h=256083a70d35921d544b15f4f51749af89d18b89;hb=HEAD (Ctrl+F musl) However, I was the one who requested the musl detection in config.guess and the maintainer

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 06:05:08PM +0100, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On 03/24/2018 05:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working >> command. > > > Arthur's > > if command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 | fgrep -q '^musl' > >

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 6:43 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 24 March 2018 at 18:36, luigi scarso wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >>> I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 24 March 2018 at 18:36, luigi scarso wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working >> command. > can you send me offlist the relevant *lua *sh script ? > I cannot reproduce the

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working > command. can you send me offlist the relevant *lua *sh script ? I cannot reproduce the error now with linux/zsh. -- luigi

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 03/24/2018 05:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working command. Arthur's if command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 | fgrep -q '^musl' works for me, but again, there may be other corner cases that we don't see now. I

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

I reverted the change for now until someone can come up with a working command. Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

> Arthur, with your command, I get an empty line as return. My question still > stands: what is the expected result for this test? Sorry, I should have been clearer in my previous email: the relevant part of that command is not its printed output on the terminal, but its return value, that you

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 24.03.2018 14:06, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: Quite possibly the shell makes a difference, but the expression being grepped for really should be protected by quotes. Can you try ldd --version 2>&1 | fgrep -q '^musl' ? Best, Arthur Arthur, with your

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

> if command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 | grep -q ^musl > then > libc=musl > else > libc=glibc > fi > > which appears to default to musl even if it is not present. But I don't know > enough about shell scripting to debug it - could it

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 24.03.2018 13:32, Mojca Miklavec wrote: The binaries were requested (and provided) by Henri Menke: https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090611.html From what I understood (maybe I misunderstood) the regular linux binaries would not even work on machines with musl, but maybe

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 3/24/2018 1:40 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I was aware that until Hans implements support in mtxrun the first installation on musl would be broken (I never liked this strange dependency with mtxrun trying to guess the platform). But that should not happen on a libc system, that's a bug. the

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 3/24/2018 1:32 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On 24 March 2018 at 11:59, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi, I wanted to use my minimal installation on arch linux this morning and received this error: Binaries for platform 'linuxmusl-64' are missing. (There is no folder

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 24 March 2018 at 13:30, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On 03/24/2018 12:14 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > >> hm, what does >> command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 >> say ? > > ldd (GNU libc) 2.26 > Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 3/24/2018 1:30 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 03/24/2018 12:14 PM, luigi scarso wrote: hm, what does command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 say ? ldd (GNU libc) 2.26 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. 

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 24 March 2018 at 11:59, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to use my minimal installation on arch linux this morning and > received this error: > > Binaries for platform 'linuxmusl-64' are missing. > (There is no folder "/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin") > provide a

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 03/24/2018 12:14 PM, luigi scarso wrote: hm, what does command -v ldd >/dev/null && ldd --version 2>&1 say ? ldd (GNU libc) 2.26 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 3/24/2018 11:59 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi, I wanted to use my minimal installation on arch linux this morning and received this error: Binaries for platform 'linuxmusl-64' are missing. (There is no folder "/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin") provide a proper tex root

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On 3/24/2018 11:59 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi, I wanted to use my minimal installation on arch linux this morning and received this error: Binaries for platform 'linuxmusl-64' are missing. (There is no folder "/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-linuxmusl-64/bin") provide a proper tex root

Re: [NTG-context] linux binaries split?

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to use my minimal installation on arch linux this morning and > received this error: > > Binaries for platform 'linuxmusl-64' are missing. > (There is no folder

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Duncan Hothersall wrote: I just foolishly downloaded the 2005-11-16 linuxtex.zip minimal linux distribution and copied it on top of my previous one, and I now discover that the binaries are linked to a more recent version of glibc than I have on my linux box. Eek. indeed annoying (and

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Hans Hagen wrote: Duncan Hothersall wrote: I just foolishly downloaded the 2005-11-16 linuxtex.zip minimal linux distribution and copied it on top of my previous one, and I now discover that the binaries are linked to a more recent version of glibc than I have on my linux box. Eek. indeed

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Hi, Taco Hoekwater wrote: indeed annoying (and depressing); it also means that you cannot copy an old tree to a new linux installation (this is what i found out recently); on windows, one does not have this problem (since it carries previous versions of libraries); i don't know how sensitive

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Tobias Burnus wrote: Hi, Taco Hoekwater wrote: indeed annoying (and depressing); it also means that you cannot copy an old tree to a new linux installation (this is what i found out recently); on windows, one does not have this problem (since it carries previous versions of libraries); i

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Hans wrote: yes, you can use the old binaries, no problem; hm, a copy of previous binaries ... i can make a zip of an old tree That would be great, thanks! Thanks Taco for the suggestions, I was exploring both of those in parallel to hoping that someone had kept a copy of the old ones..

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Hans Hagen wrote: what puzzles me most is that since tex is not that demanding, it is still so dependent (maybe only pdftex with its graphic libraries is a problem) It is only dependent because it was created on my (brand new) machine. If it was recompiled on an older machine, that

Re: [NTG-context] Linux binaries

Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Duncan Hothersall wrote: I just foolishly downloaded the 2005-11-16 linuxtex.zip minimal linux distribution and copied it on top of my previous one, and I now discover that the binaries are linked to a more recent version of glibc than I have on