Lualatex problem with Win32 binaries in TeXLive installed under macOS
David Carlisle
d.p.carlisle at gmail.com
Fri Dec 23 20:59:20 CET 2022
I would guess https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/issues/775
David
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 19:54, John Collins <jcc8 at psu.edu> wrote:
> I have TeXLive 2022 installed on macOS, but with the Win32 platform added,
> so
> that I can share the installation with a Windows virtual machine.
> Lualatex
> fails with the following message when it is about to read the source
> file. E.g.,
>
> C:\Users\john\Documents>lualatex hello
> This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.15.0 (TeX Live 2022)
> restricted system commands enabled.
> (./hello.tex
> LaTeX2e <2022-11-01> patch level 1
> L3 programming layer
> <2022-12-17>...cal/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3ke
> rnel/expl3.lua:282: bad bytecode register
> stack traceback:
> [C]: in function 'lua.getbytecode'
>
> ...cal/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.lua:282:
> in main chunk
>
> [C]: in function 'require'
> [\directlua]:1: in main chunk.
> \lua_now:e #1->\__lua_now:n {#1}
>
> l.1
> \documentclass{article}
> ?
>
> In contrast, the problem does not occur for lualatex from a native
> installation
> of TeXLive 2022 on the Windows VM. But it does occur if I use a portable
> installation that has created on a USB stick by the unix installer under
> macOS.
> This is the only problem I have seen in the shared TeXLive installation.
>
> The corresponding problem also occurs if I use the Win32 lualatex from
> last
> year, i.e., TL 2021, again when the installation was made and maintained
> under
> macOS. So this is not a new problem.
>
> In summary, I find that the Win32 binary for lualatex fails when it is in
> a
> TeXLive installation created by the unix installer under macOS, but not
> when it
> is in an installation created by the Windows installer.
>
> Does anyone have wisdom on this?
>
> John Collins
>
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