[dev-context] metapost format problem in Debian ConTeXt 2007.03.19, TeX Live 2007

Hi Norbert et al, I encountered a strange problem with metapost since my recent updates. I am using the apt-sources given in your post below and can't seem to make metapost happy, leaving it always complaining about wrong formats: ... This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) (Fatal mem file error; I'm stymied) ... I tried to purge and reinstall the whole enchilada from scratch, but to no avail. Afterwards I didn't do any special configurations, just # apt-get update # apt-get install context # apt-get install texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-{recommended,extra} which gave me the following texlive packages: ||/ Name Version +++-=============================-========== ii texlive-base 2007-1 ii texlive-base-bin 2007-1 ii texlive-common 2007-1 ii texlive-doc-base 2007-1 ii texlive-font-utils 2007-1 ii texlive-fonts-extra 2007-1 ii texlive-fonts-recommended 2007-1 ii texlive-metapost 2007-1 and in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/metapost there are freshly generated metafun.mem and mpost.mem, no other mem-files on the system. A texexec --check results in ... TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXUtil | version 9.1.0 - 1997-2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXExec | testing interface en TeXExec | pdfTeX Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) TeXExec | ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.27 int: english/english Any hints hartelijk welcome. Jak. Norbert Preining wrote:

Hi all!

I am currently uploading a whole new bunch of stuff to tug.org and Debian/experimental:

For ConTeXt 2007.03.19-1 you have to go as usual to deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ context/ deb-src http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ context/ but this new release depends on TeX Live 2007 for Debian, which can be found here (and after some time (NEW processing) in Debian/experimental): deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ tl2007/ deb-src http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ tl2007/ there you also find tex-common 1.3 which is necessary for TeX Live 2007 packages. Finally you also need lmodern 1.01 which is available from deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ lmodern/ deb-src http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ lmodern/ All these packages are uploaded to experimental, but some packages have to go through the new queue, as they contain new binary packages (texlive-xetex, -humanities, -science).

Please give it a twist, please report anything strange.

Thanks for testing!

Best wishes

Norbert

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