[dev-context] mptopdf: produces PDF with 'unknown operator' error

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

Thanks, that was the problem.  I was at mpost 0.970 and with 0.993 the
problem vanished.  Another problem appeared, which is that pdftk
segfaults when uncompressing the new pdf file, but I'll track that down
and report it to the pdftk authors.

mpost now says it is 0.993.  But mpost -v says 0.992.  There are a few
spots in the source code with 0.992 strings.  To find them:

  find -type f | xargs grep -I '\<0\.99[23]\>'

Not sure which are spurious and which need changing.

Also, I updated the update-tetex.make.  Here's a diff and also the new
version is attached.  

Before running it, I removed the /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mp.pool that the
older version of the makefile had installed on the last mpost upgrade;
otherwise it would shadow the proper tetex location in
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c/.  After running it, I did a 'texexec
--make --all' (as me) to make sure that my per-user ConTeXt installation
knew all about the new metapost.  Someday I'll make the latest and
greatest ConTeXt a systemwide install.

-Sanjoy


diff -r d66d0f7eae60 update-tetex.make
--- a/update-tetex.make	Sun Dec 31 10:37:47 2006 -0700
+++ b/update-tetex.make	Sun Dec 31 10:50:22 2006 -0700
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-# For installing mp 0.901 over the tetex-3.0 files (mp 0.641)
+# For installing latest mp over the tetex-3.0 equivalents (mp 0.641)
 
 .PHONY: install install-exec install-pool install-mplib
 
 INSTALL := rsync -ptv
 
-edir1 := metapost-0.901/build/texk/web2c
+# directories where the generated executables are put
+edir1 := build/texk/web2c
 edir2 := $(edir1)/mpware
+execs := $(edir1)/mpost $(edir1)/dvitomp 
+execs += $(edir2)/dmp $(edir2)/mpto $(edir2)/newer $(edir2)/makempx
+
+pool  := $(edir1)/mp.pool
 
 install: install-exec install-pool install-mplib
-	fmtutil-sys --refresh
+	fmtutil-sys --all
 
-install-exec: $(edir1)/mpost $(edir1)/dvitomp $(edir2)/dmp $(edir2)/mpto $(edir2)/newer $(edir2)/makempx
+install-exec: $(execs)
 	$(INSTALL) $^ /usr/bin/
-install-pool: $(edir1)/mp.pool
-	$(INSTALL) $^ /usr/share/texmf/web2c/
-install-mplib: 
-	$(INSTALL) -r metapost-0.901/texmf/metapost /usr/share/texmf-tetex/
+install-pool: $(pool)
+	$(INSTALL) $^ /usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c/
+install-mplib:
+	$(INSTALL) -r texmf/metapost /usr/share/texmf-tetex/


-Sanjoy

`A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their
 master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the
 last extremes of injustice and oppression.'  (Gibbon)  

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# For installing latest mp over the tetex-3.0 equivalents (mp 0.641)

.PHONY: install install-exec install-pool install-mplib

INSTALL := rsync -ptv

# directories where the generated executables are put
edir1 := build/texk/web2c
edir2 := $(edir1)/mpware
execs := $(edir1)/mpost $(edir1)/dvitomp 
execs += $(edir2)/dmp $(edir2)/mpto $(edir2)/newer $(edir2)/makempx

pool  := $(edir1)/mp.pool

install: install-exec install-pool install-mplib
	fmtutil-sys --all

install-exec: $(execs)
	$(INSTALL) $^ /usr/bin/
install-pool: $(pool)
	$(INSTALL) $^ /usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c/
install-mplib:
	$(INSTALL) -r texmf/metapost /usr/share/texmf-tetex/