Hi Nils, Thanks for testing.
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:06:06AM +0100, Nils Reuße wrote: > The update went well for me, but i had to use an obj-directory outside > of /usr (the build takes quite a bit of disk space), and had to > deinstall texlive 2015 before installing the new packages with `make > install-all`. Alright, so I think you are telling me you were unable to test the update process, only the install-from-scratch process. > Regarding texlive, there are some problems with lualatex and some of > the packages that ship with texlive 2016. >... > Most of the fallout should have been fixed upstream, but i guess there > is no way to include updated packages from CTAN in the texlive > package? Hrm, that's unfortunate. If you can find a minimal patch to fix this I'd happily include it. Ideally this would not change the packing lists though. Or is it more involved? > Anyway, lualatex is still considered beta and version 1.0 will be > released with texlive 2017, and i guess that things will just work by > then -- so maybe it's ok to ignore this issue for now or just point to > the workaround. If it helps, I plan to turn around texlive 2017 a bit swifter than I have 2016. > Downloading newer packages to a local texmf should also work. So we have a couple of workarounds at least. -- Best Regards Edd Barrett http://www.theunixzoo.co.uk
