[tex-live] mysterious mpost problem

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Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> [MetaPost 0.641 (Web2C 7.5.3)
>  kpathsea version 3.5.3]
> 
> Please do the following, using the attached files:
> 
>   . Create mf2pt1.mem with `mpost --ini', using mf2pt1.mp.
> 
>   . Run `mpost --mem=mf2pt1 nospecial.mf'.
> 
> Now compare `nospecial.0' with `nospecial.1': The files should be
> identical, but they aren't on my GNU/Linux box.  `nospecial.0' doesn't
> contain any lines produced by the `special' command.
> 
> On the other hand,
> 
>   mpost '&mf2pt1 \input nospecial.mf'
> 
> gives the expected result.
> 
> AFAIK, the results should be the same, so it looks like a bug in
> mpost.  Am I missing something?

normally such problems are the result of a mismatch in mem values stored in the 
mem file and those in your texmf.cnf (at least, each time i ran into those 
special/string related issues it was related to that)



Hans

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