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latest METAFONT update breaks yap #160

Closed cooch17 closed 4 years ago

cooch17 commented 4 years ago

Outlined in detail here - https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/526478/sudden-issue-with-metafont-miktex

But, basically, after updating METAFONT, using the 1-29 build, yap breaks. When I try to use yap after the update to look at a .dvi file, yap throws the following error, suggesting that modes.mf is missing. [Using 64-bit MikTeX 2.9.7250 under Windows 10 Pro.]

  MiKTeX Problem Report
  Message: METAFONT modes cannot be initialized because 'modes.mf' is missing.
  Data:
  Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\Session\mfmodes.cpp
  Line: 52
  MiKTeX: 2.9.7250
  OS: Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, build 18363

If I do a re-install, update everything except METAFONT, problem solved. So, there is definitely something 'broken' with the latest METAFONT update (or, yap no longer plays nicely with METAFONT since the update -- one or the other).

edocevoli commented 4 years ago

modes.mf is now in package modes. Refreshing the package database should fix this issue for you.

cooch17 commented 4 years ago

Thanks very much.