On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > John H Palmieri wrote: >> >> On Feb 2, 7:28 pm, Minh Nguyen <nguyenmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> I'm happy to announce that Sage 4.3.0.1.alpha3 [1] successfully builds >>> on t2.math. Due to an unfortunate typo, the version number should be >>> Sage 4.3.0.2.alpha3 since it's based on Sage 4.3.0.1 [2]. This alpha >>> release is based on Sage 4.3.0.1.alpha2 [3] and merged the following >>> tickets: >>> >>> #5174, #1321, #6595, #6820, #6965 >>> >>> Upon loading this alpha3, it now shows that kpsewhich is not found: >>> >>> [mv...@t2 sage-4.3.0.1.alpha3-32-bit-t2.math-gcc]$ ./sage >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> | Sage Version 4.3.0.1.alpha3, Release Date: 2010-01-28 | >>> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ********************************************************************** >>> * * >>> * Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable. * >>> * * >>> ********************************************************************** >>> sh: kpsewhich: not found >>> sh: kpsewhich: not found >> >> This is very strange. If I take 4.3.2.alpha1 on a Mac (OS X 10.6) and >> temporarily remove kpsewhich from my path, I don't get this message. >> In fact if I remove my entire tex installation from my path, I don't >> get this message. Same with Sage 4.3.1. I don't know what this >> means, but maybe it will help someone figure it out. An illustration: > > It seems to have crept in between alpha2 and alpha3, so you will not observe > it in alpha1. > > Dave
I have seen and had reports of the error messages "sh: kpsewhich: not found" several times during the last 6-8 *months* for people using Linux. (It's not only a new problem. It was also fixed for those people by installing tex.) Maybe the apperance of the problem above is a new instance of it though. William -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
