Re: texconfig init

On Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004, at 11:47 America/Chicago, Christopher Smith  
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just installed tetex using the i-installer on Mac OS 10.2.8.  I am  
> having one problem that has led to a possible other problem.  I'll  
> describe the latter, first. Perhaps if that problem is resolved then  
> the first problem will be resolved as well.
>
> when I run 'sudo texconfig init' the process runs into problems two  
> times. Both times it looks like it is trying to use/process a binary  
> file.  Can anyone take a look and see if they can tell what is  
> happening?
>
> The process runs into problems with amstex and texinfo.
>
> ********************************************************
> Here is the texinfo.log file that is produced:
> ********************************************************
>
> [localhost:share/texmf.local/web2c] csmith% more texinfo.log
> This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)  16 AUG 2004  
> 23:40
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
>  (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
> **texinfo.ini
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/texinfo/texinfo.ini
> (/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texinfo
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.5 ...^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^V^^@^^@^^@^^P^^@^^L^^A\^^@
>                                                    
> ^^@^^@T^^@^^@^^@^^E^^@^^@^...
>
> ?
> ! Emergency stop.
> l.5 ...^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^V^^@^^@^^@^^P^^@^^L^^A\^^@
>                                                    
> ^^@^^@T^^@^^@^^@^^E^^@^^@^...
> End of file on the terminal!
>
> No pages of output.
>

I believe I found the answer to the problem.  I checked my $PATH and  
found that it was being reset with a source command in my .login file  
(which is run after the .cshrc file).  This eliminated the following  
paths from my $PATH

/sw/bin:
/sw/sbin:
/usr/X11R6/bin:
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/

Without this last line in the PATH, I previously cd'ed to the  
powerpc-apple-darwin-current directory to issue the "texconfig init"  
command.  Perhaps this caused something in that directory to be loaded  
instead of what should have been loaded.  Once I corrected the PATH  
problem I was able to issue the "texconfig init" command from my home  
directory and now here is the new corresponding portion of the  
texconfig.log.  Notice that "plain.tex" is read after "texinfo.ini"  
rather than texinfo from the powerpc-apple-darwin-current directory:

This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)  30 AUG 2004 10:58
  %&-line parsing enabled.
  (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
**texinfo.ini
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/texinfo/texinfo.ini
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/plain/base/plain.tex
Preloading the plain format: codes, registers,

Thanks to those that sent suggestions about what else I might try. I  
found the note about changing the PATH in the discussion at

http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/MacOSX-TeX-Digests/2004/MacOSX- 
TeX_Digest_04-08-04.html


/c