Hi Thomas, Some time ago I had an analogous problem related to a new version of LuaTeX (on Mac OS X 10.6.7, Intel processor). I can't say anything about the error message you get, but what I did was the following: --- I erased the content of texmf cache, that is in my case /context-minimal/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache --- and I ran again first-setup.sh after that everything was working fine. Best regards: OK On 24 mai 2011, at 11:26, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

Hi all,

after updating the minimals to the latest beta on osx-ppc, I can't compile any document, I always get this error:

context test

mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en" --lua="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. Could not undump 51859 1-byte item(s): fd:4: unexpected end of file.

mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1%

This happens both with the binary in the minimals (0.70.1) and when I compile the latest trunk (0.71.0), so I'm a bit lost here - it looks like a problem in the executables, right?

All best

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Op 24 mei 2011 om 11:26 heeft "Thomas A. Schmitz" het volgende geschreven:

Hi all,

after updating the minimals to the latest beta on osx-ppc, I can't compile any document, I always get this error:

context test

mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en" --lua="/Users/tas/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. Could not undump 51859 1-byte item(s): fd:4: unexpected end of file.

mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1%

This happens both with the binary in the minimals (0.70.1) and when I compile the latest trunk (0.71.0), so I'm a bit lost here - it looks like a problem in the executables, right?

Yes, I believe so as well. Do you have any idea when the trouble started? As I do not have a ppc machine, it will be a nightmare to find the problem unless you have a clear idea when it started (ideally a revision number, even). Best wishes, Taco