[metapost] metapost-1.503 format files

[Karel]

Reinhard Kotucha napsal(a):
> Hi,
> when I run
> 
>   mpost -ini  -jobname=mpost -progname=mpost mpost.mp
> 
> with metapost 1.503 from tlcontrib on x86_64-linux I get
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> This is MetaPost, version 1.503 (kpathsea version 6.0.0)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp
> Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) )
> Transcript written on mpost.log.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The log file contains the same except the last line.  It seems that
> metapost 1.503 doesn't execute the dump command.
> 
> When I replace the binary by that one from the TL repository (v 1.211)
> a .mem file is created.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> This is MetaPost, version 1.211 (TeX Live 2010) (kpathsea version 6.0.0) (INIMP)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp
> Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.004) )
> Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem
>  (mem=mpost 2010.11.16)
> at most 745 strings of total length 3693
> 3412 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1036&2302
> 507 symbolic tokens
> Transcript written on mpost.log.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Can anybody reproduce the problem?  I'm quite clueless and wondering 
> why I didn't encounter the problem earlier.  To make sure that the
> correct binary is used, I downloaded metapost.x86_64-linux.tar from
> tlcontrib and replaced the binary, but I still don't get a .mem file.
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
> 

It was announced several times that some future versions of 
metapost (mplib) woun't produce mem file any more, when using with 
some -mem oprion should result in reading th corresponding mp file.

Taco will probably explain this behaviour better:-)

All the best,
Karel