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drslmr

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latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

Hi,

when I run pdflatex or lualatex in an AFS directory (mounted by openafs) I get the error:

$ lualatex talk.tex 
This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.24.0 (TeX Live 2026/Arch Linux) 
 restricted system commands enabled.
(./talk.texlualatex: dwmoreau: No such device

or

$ pdflatex talk.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.29 (TeX Live 2026/Arch Linux) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./talk.texpdflatex: dwmoreau: No such device

.

But if I copy the talk.tex file in a local directory and run the commands there it works.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

The message output looks a bit weird, almost like it's searching for the wrong path.

Does it work if you give an absolute path to the file on AFS ?

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drslmr

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

@Lone_Wolf

Thanks for the help.

Yes indeed, if I give the full path it works but giving only ./talk.tex does not work.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

What does file ./talk.tex  output ?

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drslmr

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

The same as above:

$ lualatex ./talk.tex 
This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.24.0 (TeX Live 2026/Arch Linux) 
 restricted system commands enabled.
(./talk.texlualatex: dwmoreau: No such device

drslmr

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

It works withe the older version texlive-bin-2026.0-1.

drslmr

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

I sent an email to the tex-live list.

See: https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2026 … 52458.html

I also sent an email to the openaffs list, I will put the link here once it has been accepted.

Last edited by drslmr (Today 12:09:20)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: latex on openafs: dwmoreau: No such device

Good idea, could you post a link to the discussion so interested readers can follow it ?

If no one has responded to one of your posts please edit the post instead of creating a new one.
That makes the thread easier to follow.

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