[tex-live] Installation problem? checksum mismatch: siunitx

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:08:48 +0200 schrieb Khaled Hosny:

>> No. I get a "checksum mismatch in font pplr7t.vf ignored" message
>> also with this example (compiled with lualatex):

>> It disappears if luaotfload removed. So it looks as if luaofload is
>> somehow changing the vf.

> I've seen such warnings in the past, but since I've absolutely no idea
> what vf or tfm checksums are for, I just ignored it, seems harmless. Any
> idea what a problem this checksum mismatch would be causing?

The faq contains some informations about checksums: 
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=checksum. Mainly it
should assure that tfm + pk and tfm + vf have the same version.

Assuming that the luaotfload code (probably the one added to the
find_vf callback) is ok and doesn't break the vf I would say the
main problem is that if with luaotfload you get a lot of harmless
checksum-mismatches you will no longer be able to see the harmful
one (when tfm/vf really differ).  I don't think that is an important
problem as tfm/vf are not much used with luatex. 

Does one get the same message with context or is the problem solved
there? 

-- 
Ulrike Fischer