[tex-live] TL 13 pretest: luatex bug

[Dr Rod Yager]

It's very early, and this is probably known

but the minimal input file

\input luaotfload.sty
\end

produces the following log file with the 2013 distribution

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This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.76.0-2013040814 (rev 4627)  (format=luatex 2013.4.13)  13 APR 2013 12:42
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 file:line:error style messages enabled.
**"test.tex"
("./test.tex"
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.sty
Package: luatexbase 2010/10/06 v0.3 Module utilities for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package: ifluatex 2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
Package ifluatex Info: LuaTeX detected.
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-compat.sty
Package: luatexbase-compat 2010/10/10 v0.3 Compatibility tools for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package ifluatex Info: The package is already loaded.
))
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-loader.sty
Package: luatexbase-loader 2010/10/10 v0.3 Lua module loader for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package ifluatex Info: The package is already loaded.
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-compat.sty
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.loader.lua)
/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-loader.sty:
89: LuaTeX error ...3/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.loader.lua:53:
 attempt to index field 'loaders' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
	...3/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.loader.lua:53: in main chunk
	[C]: in function 'dofile'
	[string "\directlua "]:1: in main chunk.
l.89   dofile(path)}
                  
? x
No pages of output.

PDF statistics: 0 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607)
 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 131072)
 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000)

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For comparison, the 2012 distribution with the same input file produces

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This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012062819 (TeX Live 2012) (format=luatex 2013.4.8)  13 APR 2013 12:44
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 file:line:error style messages enabled.
**"test.tex"
("./test.tex"
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.sty
Package: luatexbase 2010/10/06 v0.3 Module utilities for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package: ifluatex 2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
Package ifluatex Info: LuaTeX detected.
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-compat.sty
Package: luatexbase-compat 2010/10/10 v0.3 Compatibility tools for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package ifluatex Info: The package is already loaded.
))
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-loader.sty
Package: luatexbase-loader 2010/10/10 v0.3 Lua module loader for LuaTeX
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty
Package ifluatex Info: The package is already loaded.
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-compat.sty
)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase.loader.lua
))
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luatexbase/luatexbase-regs.sty

etc.
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Rod Yager