[tex-live] Problem with perl in Windows 7

[Robert B. Gozzoli]

Dear List members,
this is the log file as coming out from Texworks

Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 9 December 2011, version: 4.30a.
**** Report bugs etc to John Collins <collins at phys.psu.edu>. ****
Rule 'biber PSAMMETICHUSII': File changes, etc:
  Changed files, or newly in use since previous run(s):
     'PsammetichusII.bib'
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Run number 1 of rule 'biber PSAMMETICHUSII'
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Running 'biber  "PSAMMETICHUSII"'
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Latexmk: applying rule 'biber PSAMMETICHUSII'...
Latexmk: Found biber source file(s) [PSAMMETICHUSII.bcf PsammetichusII.bib]
Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages):
 biber PSAMMETICHUSII: Command for 'biber PSAMMETICHUSII' gave return code 2304
Latexmk: Use the -f option to force complete processing.
Biber warning: [6745] Utils.pm:169> WARN - BibTeX subsystem:
C:\Users\Robynet\AppData\Local\Temp\WWfSv_b9Sj\PsammetichusII.bib_3804.utf8,
line 1, warning: 3 characters of junk seen at toplevel
Biber warning: [6760] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Depauw.2002' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6762] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Eigner.1984' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6764] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Russmann.1994' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6766] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Roth.2002' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6768] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'JansenWinkeln.Inschriften' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6770] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Gozzoli.2006' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6772] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Leclere.2007' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6773] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Yoyotte.1987' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6775] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Yoyotte.1956carienne' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6777] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Porten.1968' (section 0)
Biber warning: [6779] Utils.pm:169> WARN - I didn't find a database
entry for 'Segal.1982' (section 0)
Latexmk: Errors, so I did not complete making targets
C:\texlive\2011\bin\win32\runscript.tlu:577: command failed with exit code 12:
perl.exe c:/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/scripts/latexmk/latexmk.pl -e
"$pdflatex=q/xelatex -synctex=1 %O %S/" -pdf PSAMMETICHUSII.tex

Any help appreciated,

Roberto

On 10 January 2012 00:04, Robert B. Gozzoli <r.b.gozzoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear List members,
> I have a problem with perl.exe, and this does not make Texify in
> WinEdt as well as TexWorks work properly under Windows 7. Last week, I
> had a problem with perl when I updated TexLive 2011 through tlmgr by
> Cmd. The screen at the end complained that it could not update
> updmap.sys.
>
> I did not give excessive importance, but as for the last couple of
> days, Latexmk and Texify do not work. This also affects Biber, as it
> cannot work properly, and it does not find the citations and it does
> not put them in the bibliography.
>
> I have read all the problems with perl installation as described in
> this list last November and December. The machine I am using had those
> problems when I tried to install TexLive 2011 for the first time, but
> I circumvented the problem as for the second installation I did not
> use the Gui, but only text.
> In order to solve the problem, yesterdayI downloaded again
> update-tlmgr-latest.exe. This has solved the problem for some runs,
> but now the problem appears again. The machine has run fine until the
> last update last week. I again updated tlmgr yesterday, and there were
> no complains about perl,
>
> It is not a problem with the antivirus, I am not a programmer, but an
> archaeologist, so I do not do any particular thing with perl.
>
> I have read some of the information online, but I have not found any solution.
>
> The strange thing is that if I use emacs, everything works fine, maybe
> pressing C-c C-C does not need perl, but TexWorks and WinEdt do not
> work at all now.
>
> I am available to send log files, or whatever. At this stage I am also
> interested to know whether if I install TexLive again, deleting
> completely the actual TeXlive installation, the problem might be
> resolved or not.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roberto Gozzoli