On 1/27/2021 4:04 AM, Graf, Ingbert (HPE Pointnext Global Shared Delivery DACH)
via Cygwin wrote:
Hi,
I’m having trouble running tex after installing the latest updates.
/etc/postinstall/zp_texlive_finish.dash stops with the following error:
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=xmltex -progname=xmltex
*xmltex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdfxmltex -progname=pdfxmltex
*pdfxmltex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=mllatex -progname=mllatex
-translate-file=cp227.tcx -mltex *mllatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdfjadetex -progname=pdfjadetex
*pdfjadetex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=latex-dev -progname=latex-dev
-translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=jadetex -progname=jadetex
*jadetex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luahbtex -ini -jobname=lualatex-dev
-progname=lualatex-dev lualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luatex -ini -jobname=dvilualatex-dev
-progname=dvilualatex-dev dvilualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex-dev
-progname=pdflatex-dev -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini </dev/null'
return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luahbtex -ini -jobname=lualatex -progname=lualatex
lualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex
-translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex
-translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luatex -ini -jobname=dvilualatex -progname=dvilualatex
dvilualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
fmtutil [INFO]: disabled formats: 27
fmtutil [INFO]: successfully rebuilt formats: 20
fmtutil [INFO]: failed to build: 13 (pdftex/xmltex pdftex/pdfxmltex
pdftex/mllatex pdftex/pdfjadetex pdftex/latex-dev pdftex/jadetex
luahbtex/lualatex-dev luatex/dvilualatex-dev pdftex/pdflatex-dev
luahbtex/lualatex pdftex/latex pdftex/pdflatex luatex/dvilualatex)
fmtutil [INFO]: total formats: 60
fmtutil [INFO]: exiting with status 13
I can't reproduce this. Is this a new TeX Live installation or an upgrade of an
existing one?
the simplest LaTeX file does not work.
pdflatex test
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020/Cygwin)
(preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./test.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
L3 programming layer <2020-03-06>
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
! LaTeX Error: File `l3backend.sty' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
Enter file name:
! Emergency stop.
<read *>
l.4 \begin
{document}^^M
! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on test.log.
cat test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{l3backend}
\begin{document}
Hello!
\end{document}
The error message is correct. There is no file l3backend.sty. Have you seen
documentation recommending '\usepackage{l3backend}'?
Ken
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