Bug#1036891: texlive-binaries: Error "attempt to call method 'read' (a nil value)" makes lualatex unusable

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Hilmar,

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 05:25:33PM +0200, Preuße, Hilmar wrote:
> On 28.05.2023 20:52, Philippe SWARTVAGHER wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > (not sure if this bug report should be against texlive-luatex or
> > texlive-binaries...)
> > 
> > I upgraded texlive-binaries (and other related packages) from
> > 2018.20181218.49446-1 to 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u1 on a Debian
> > Buster. Since then, I cannot use lualatex because of an error.
> > 
> When texlive-luatex is not installed luaotfload complains, but compiling
> does not fail.
> 
> hille@ssoitbmtest:~$ lualatex test.tex
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.07.0 (TeX Live 2019/dev/Debian)
>  restricted system commands enabled.
> (./test.tex
> LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>
> [\directlua]:1: module 'luaotfload-main' not found:
>         no field package.preload['luaotfload-main']
>         [kpse lua searcher] file not found: 'luaotfload-main'
>         [kpse C searcher] file not found: 'luaotfload-main'
> Error in luaotfload: reverting to OT1
> 
> 
> > Some remarks:
> > - it works as expected with version 2018.20181218.49446-1 (tested by removing
> >    buster/updates from sources.list)
> >
> Did not confirm, but I guess we would have seen that report earlier, if -1
> would be affected.
> 
> > - it works as expected as long as I don't install texlive-luatex
> > 
> Confirmed.
> 
> > - I didn't test with Debian stable / testing / unstable
> > 
> Works fine for stable and testing, so only oldstable (the upcoming
> oldoldstable) is affected.

First I'm relieved to hear it does not affect stable and newer.

> @Salvatore: I'll try to forward that issue to upstream. Will there be
> further point released for buster?

No, buster is under LTS support which does not have point releases.
But as I understand this is a regression from DLA DLA-3427-1, so a
regression update might be worth to be issues for it, once there is a
fix known.

Thus might need to loop in debian-lts list and/or Markus as well.

Does this helps you already for the admnistrativa part?

Regards,
Salvatore