Bug#1064402: texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'

Vincent Lefevre

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Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2023.20230311.66589-8+b1
Severity: serious

When upgrading TeX Live:

[...]
Processing triggers for tex-common (6.18) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running mtxrun --generate. This may take some time...
mtxrun --generate failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/mtxrun.gd7J0NKo
Please include this file if you report a bug.
[...]
dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):
installed tex-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
tex-common

/tmp/mtxrun.gd7J0NKo just contains:

lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'

Note: the tex-common and context (from which /bin/mtxrun.lua comes
from) are still old packages, and there were no issues with them
in the past. So I assume that the bug has been introduced in
/usr/bin/texlua (/bin/mtxrun.lua is a texlua script), which is
provided by texlive-binaries.

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output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report.

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(or any other program that supports -recorder) and send us the generated
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##################################
minimal input file

##################################
other files

######################################
List of ls-R files

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4243 2024-02-21 14:57:26 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2022-10-12 23:25:33 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2024-02-14 15:08:19 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2024-02-14 15:08:19 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
######################################
Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2024-02-21 14:57:26 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2024-02-14 15:08:19 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2024-02-14 15:08:19 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5334 2024-02-21 14:57:26 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2014-10-21 02:46:09 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2024-02-21 14:57:26 texmf.cnf
######################################
md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.6.11-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on:
ii libc6 2.37-15
ii libcairo2 1.18.0-1+b1
ii libfontconfig1 2.15.0-1
ii libfreetype6 2.13.2+dfsg-1+b1
ii libgcc-s1 14-20240201-3
ii libgraphite2-3 1.3.14-2
ii libharfbuzz0b 8.3.0-2
ii libicu72 72.1-4+b1
ii libkpathsea6 2023.20230311.66589-8+b1
ii libmpfr6 4.2.1-1
ii libpaper1 1.1.29
ii libpixman-1-0 0.42.2-1
ii libpng16-16 1.6.42-1
ii libpotrace0 1.16-2
ii libptexenc1 2023.20230311.66589-8+b1
ii libstdc++6 14-20240201-3
ii libsynctex2 2023.20230311.66589-8+b1
ii libteckit0 2.5.11+ds1-1+b1
ii libtexlua53-5 2023.20230311.66589-8+b1
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.7-1
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.14-1
ii libxi6 2:1.8.1-1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.3-3
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.17-1
ii libxt6 1:1.2.1-1.1
ii libzzip-0-13 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1+b1
ii perl 5.38.2-3
ii t1utils 1.41-4
ih tex-common 6.18
ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg-3+b1

Versions of packages texlive-binaries recommends:
ii dvisvgm 3.2+ds-1
ii texlive-base 2023.20240207-1

Versions of packages texlive-binaries suggests:
pn hintview <none>
pn texlive-binaries-sse2 <none>

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii ucf 3.0043+nmu1

Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 13.13

Versions of packages texlive-binaries is related to:
ih tex-common 6.18
ii texlive-base 2023.20240207-1

-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:

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Vincent Lefevre

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Control: reassign -1 luametatex 2.11.01+ds-2
Control: severity -1 grave
Control: affects -1 texlive-binaries

On 2024-02-21 15:46:04 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2024-02-21 15:28:17 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > /tmp/mtxrun.gd7J0NKo just contains:
> >
> > lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
> >
> > Note: the tex-common and context (from which /bin/mtxrun.lua comes
> > from) are still old packages, and there were no issues with them
> > in the past. So I assume that the bug has been introduced in
> > /usr/bin/texlua (/bin/mtxrun.lua is a texlua script), which is
> > provided by texlive-binaries.
>

> Or it could be due to luametatex, which appears in /bin/mtxrun.lua
> and has been upgraded:
>
> 2024-02-21 14:47:52 upgrade luametatex:amd64 2.10.08+ds-1+b1 2.11.01+ds-2

Indeed, I can reproduce the problem on another machine, only with
luametatex 2.11.01+ds-2:

qaa:~> mtxrun --generate

lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'

You'll see the failure in an upgrade if you upgrade luametatex at the
same time as the TeX Live packages (at least, *not after* TeX Live).

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> reassign -1 luametatex 2.11.01+ds-2
Bug #1064402 [texlive-binaries] texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Bug reassigned from package 'texlive-binaries' to 'luametatex'.
No longer marked as found in versions texlive-bin/2023.20230311.66589-8.
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #1064402 to the same values previously set
Bug #1064402 [luametatex] texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Marked as found in versions luametatex/2.11.01+ds-2.
> severity -1 grave
Bug #1064402 [luametatex] texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Severity set to 'grave' from 'serious'
> affects -1 texlive-binaries
Bug #1064402 [luametatex] texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Added indication that 1064402 affects texlive-binaries

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> retitle -1 luametatex: "mtxrun --generate": lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Bug #1064402 [luametatex] texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'
Changed Bug title to 'luametatex: "mtxrun --generate": lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'' from 'texlive-binaries: tex-common configure: lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i''.

Vincent Lefevre

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Control: retitle -1 luametatex: "mtxrun --generate": lua error : startup file: /bin/mtxrun.lua:2438: attempt to assign to const variable 'i'

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