Bug 19316

Summary:	MetaPost gives error "I can't find the mem file 'mpost.mem'!
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michael Sipior <sipior>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Text-Markup Team (OBSOLETE) <text-markup+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Michael Sipior 2003-04-14 15:07:16 UTC

Hallo,

Running teTeX 1.0.7-r12, mpost fails to function on test documents, dying with
the error:

This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1)
I can't find the mem file `mpost.mem'!

Fortunately, there is a simple fix (well, simple now...:) MetaPost must be
initialised, and the resulting file placed in the appropriate place:

tanelorn# cd /usr/share/texmf/metapost/config
tanelorn# inimpost mpost
tanelorn# cp mpost.mem /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
tanelorn# mktexlsr

That fixed things on my system. Hopefully, this can be fixed in the latest and
greatest teTeX ebuild.

Cheers,

Mike Sipior

Comment 1 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-20 00:08:37 UTC

this works for me with tetex-2, any chance upgrading fixes it for you ? on the whole the layout of tetex-2 seems a lot more solid than 1.

Comment 2 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-02 05:27:37 UTC

sorry, this bug seems to be isolated, and inactive. please reopen if it still
causes problems.

Comment 3 Andrew 2003-10-02 20:02:26 UTC

this bug was a problem for me, but Mike's tips solved my problems.

Comment 4 Michael Sipior 2003-10-03 04:40:15 UTC

The move to teTeX 2.0 appears to have fixed this problem. Many thanks!

Michael