MacOSX issue: obsolete content of file otfl-blacklist.cnf in /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload

[micoloretan]

I run MacTeX2012 on a MacBook under MacOS X 10.7.4. I recently discovered that I couldn't use the system font "Hoefler Text" under lualatex (but things were fine under xelatex) and reported the issue to tex.stackexchange.com (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/71098/5001). It turns out that the file otfl-blacklist.cnf, kept in /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload, still references lots of fonts with extension .ttc even though the problem that led to their blacklisting has long since been solved. Based on a suggestion by Khaled Hosny, I've come with the following "solution", which works at least for a current version of lua(la)tex: just comment out (deleting should work too, I suppose) all lines that refer to fonts in .ttc format from this file. This leaves the font LastResort.ttf as the sole blacklisted font (which doesn't seem to work properly...).

Sincerely, Mico

[phst]

This is a duplicate of #37 (the issue was already fixed last year). However, there is something fishy since the fixed file wasn't included in the last release.

[micoloretan]

Thanks, Philippe.

I posted the message earlier today on the suggestion of Khaled. The point I was trying to make is that even though the bug which gave rise to the decision to add the .ttc font files to the blacklist may have been fumigated a long time ago, the blacklist file itself does not (yet) seem not to reflect this development. :-(

Sincerely,

Mico

On 12 Sep, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Philipp Stephani wrote:

This is a duplicate of #37 (the issue was already fixed last year). However, there is something fishy since the fixed file wasn't included in the last release.

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[phst]

Just for clarification: The fix to the blacklist has already been committed a year ago, but the latest release (which is dated May 2012) didn't include that file for some reason. @mpg @wspr AFAIK you are maintaining this package now, could you please release an update that includes all files?

[wspr]

Er, we are? I'm not sure if that's wise… does anyone know any more about this package and how to update it than me? I'm drowning already :(

[reutenauer]

Khaled gave me access to the repo a couple of months ago, I can take care of that.

[reutenauer]

... which in no way means that I consider myself knowing more than you, though ;-)

[micoloretan]

Judging from the back-and-forth to the posting http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/71098/5001, dated Sept 2012, I was under the impression that the best solution was to eliminate all fonts listed in ../texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/otfl-blacklist.cnf except for "LastResort.ttf".

Sincerely, Mico

On 2 Apr, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Will Robertson wrote:

Er, we are? I'm not sure if that's wise… does anyone know any more about this package and how to update it than me? I'm drowning already :(

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[phst]

As I said, that has already been fixed upstream, but somebody has to release a version that contains the fix.