Christian Schenk

Package download broken

2008-01-25T04:02:00Z

It is currently not possible to download packages from the repository. I will fix this in the next few days, say until the end of the month (let's hope). Please remember: I do this in my spare time.

Update (Feb 25):

Without a warning, my web space provider (webhost4life.com) has just stopped the MiKTeX web sites. They say, that "the number of HTTP request is so heavy that causing our server up and down. To maintain the overall heavy usage, we have no choice but stop your sites. Please consider upgrade to...".

I don't know, whether (when) wh4l will re-enable the websites. Of course, I will move the website to another provider. But this can take a couple of days/weeks.

Update (Feb 26):

The web service is now up and running again. In order to reduce bandwidth and CPU usage, I have implemented a simple IP filter: if there are more than N requests from the same IP address within a time span T, then that IP address is blocked for a while.

No MiKTeX 2.7 for Windows 9x/Me/NT

2007-08-23T09:54:00Z

Sad but true: It is not likely that MiKTeX 2.7 works on legacy Windows systems (9x/Me/NT). It seems that the new build system, Visual Studio 2008, does not support legacy targets.

MiKTeX 2.7 status

2007-08-20T22:50:00Z

I am planning to make available a beta version of MiKTeX 2.7 in September. This will contain XeTeX 0.996. The 2.7 status page will be updated soon.

copystart.exe removed from MiKTeX 2.6

2007-06-26T09:32:00Z

I have removed copystart.exe from the MiKTeX 2.6 distribution.

copystart.exe was used in MiKTeX 2.5 to start the update wizard. In MiKTeX 2.6, copystart.exe has been replaced with copystart_admin.exe, because under Windows Vista the update wizard should run in admin mode. In other words: if, for some reason, you make use of copystart.exe, then you should now use copystart_admin.exe instead.

MiKTeX 2.6: automation interfaces

2007-02-22T10:34:00Z

MiKTeX 2.6 will offer COM interfaces that make it possible to automate MiKTeX-specific tasks. For example, here is a Perl script that installs a package:

use Win32::OLE;
my $packageManager = Win32::OLE->new('MiKTeX.PackageManager')
or die "MiKTeX is not properly installed.\n";
$installer = $packageManager->CreateInstaller();
$installer->Add ("$ARGV[0]", 1);
$installer->InstallRemove;

The MiKTeX interfaces are in its initial stages. Interested users and 3rd party developers are welcome to make suggestions for COM objects/methods.

MiKTeX 2.5 and Windows Vista

2007-01-22T10:32:00Z

MiKTeX 2.5 is not designed to be run on Windows Vista. But Microsoft "added some shims to Windows Vista specifically for the MiKTeX 2.5 installer. They do not resolve all the compatibility problems, but they do resolve the UAP-related issues". There remain a few issues, but all in all you will find that MiKTeX 2.5 runs reasonable well on Windows Vista.

The shims only work for MiKTeX 2.5, i.e., before MiKTeX 2.6 can be released, I have to resolve some UAC-related issues. For example, the package installer has to use the UAC consent dialog, because "C:\Program Files" is not writable for the normal user.

New MiKTeX 2.5 binaries

2007-01-21T09:58:00Z

I have rebuilt all the MiKTeX binaries because new runtime libraries have been released by Microsoft. I thought it would be best to update all binaries at one go.

MiKTeX 2.4 packages to be removed soon

2006-12-10T00:30:00Z

MiKTeX 2.4 specific packages will be removed from the package repository on December 30, 2006. This has some consequences for MiKTeX 2.4 users:

The update wizard will stop working on December 31, 2006.
Automatic installation of missing packages will stop working on December 31, 2006.
All packages will be marked obsolete in the package manager list view.

MiKTeX 2.4 aficionados are encouraged to update their MiKTeX 2.4 system now.

New MiKTeX CD-R/DVD-R available soon

2006-10-28T00:36:00Z

I am planning to make available the new MiKTeX CD-R/DVD-R next week. The CD-R will contain a snapshot of the MiKTeX package repository. The DVD-R contains a "live" MiKTeX system.

Update summary 2.5.2471

2006-10-09T08:38:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2456 (Sep 22, 2006).

New packages:

cool
economic
exteps
foekfont
fonetika
nih
ocr-latex
pst-asr
pst-jtree
screenplay
splines
xq

Updated packages:

avantgar
bookman
charter
courier
duerer-latex
ednotes
frenchle
helvetic
hepthesis
hrlatex
hyperref
lublack
lucallig
lucasual
luccyr
lucidfax
lucold
lucsans
lucsstt
luctt
luhand
lumath
mathdesign
mathpazo
mathtime
msg
ncntrsbk
oberdiek
palatino
pandora-latex
psafm
psnfss
psnfssx
pst-pdf
pstricks-add
punk-latex
symbol
tex4ht
times
uk-tex-faq
utopia
zapfchan
zapfding

Fixed bugs:

[ 1543925 ] Update Wizzard fails when started from within Package Manage
[ 1547515 ] Dropdowns in options do not drop down
[ 1549618 ] yap: zooming state is not restored
[ 1550578 ] Control-c does not exit BibTeX
[ 1562975 ] tex: --mltex option not working
[ 1564940 ] yap: wrong invocation of Emacs
[ 1566074 ] gbklatex, bg5latex, gbkpdflatex, etc. break
[ 1566315 ] Yap - part of doc about ruler is in the wrong place
[ 1570897 ] TeX4ht update needed

Update summary 2.5.2456

2006-09-25T05:57:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2441 (Sep 7, 2006).

New packages:

context-bnf
context-gfsdidot
context-greek
context-lettrine
context-rsteps
context-urwgaramond
context-urwgothic
coolstr
forloop
mafr
miktex-bin-2.5
miktex-mo-bin-2.5
miktex-runtime-bin-2.5
miktex-yap-bin-2.5
pax
pst-asr
pst-jtree
screenplay
variations

Updated packages:

amsfonts
amstex
antyktor
bezos
bibtopic
breakurl
classicthesis
cm
cmextra
cslatex
csvtools
egameps
eijkhout
eskdx
examdesign
frenchle
genmpage
histogr
hoekwater
hyperref
iwona
kurier
latex-fonts
lfb
ltxmisc
lubright
lucida
mhchem
microtype
miktex-misc
minitoc
moderncv
natbib
notes
oberdiek
opcit
plpsfont
psafm
pst-func
pst-uml
refstyle
sgame
showexpl
stellenbosch
svn
texmate
textpos
underlin
wasy
xytree

Fixed bugs:

[ 1554327 ] forward and inverse search doesn't work properly with yap

Update summary 2.5.2441

2006-09-08T08:02:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2429.

Fixed bugs:

[ 1545675 ] \input command path problem
[ 1548242 ] Proxy problem in MikTeX 2.5
[ 1549614 ] yap: .dvi search path does not include current directory
[ 1552080 ] bug when reading first line %& format in a file MAC lineend
[ 1553273 ] Yap 2.5.2419 does not show .mps.gz files
[ 1554147 ] open editor does not work if the filename contains spaces

Update summary 2.5.2429

2006-08-28T00:40:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2420.

New packages:

dyntree
guitbeamer
guitlogo

Updated packages:

csquotes
struktex
textpos
xytree

Removed packages:

guit
m-bib

Fixed bugs:

[ 1538939 ] "Letter" paper format listed twice
[ 1542344 ] cannot change new format name from "newformat"
[ 1543688 ] Type 3 fonts in Miktex 2.5
[ 1545166 ] New Metapost assumes MPost files to have .mp extension

Update summary 2.5.2420

2006-08-18T09:27:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2413.

New packages:

coollist
elsevier
munich
papercdcase
pst-geo
pst-vue3d
seqsplit
sugconf
syntrace
titlepage-uni-dortmund
vpe
xyling

Updated packages:

bibleref
boxhandler
crossword
fmtcount
graphics
hyperref
l2tabu-english
labelcas
memoir
minitoc
movie15
pdfpages
pst-labo
pstricks-add
splitindex
stellenbosch
t-angles
textpos
thuthesis
uk-tex-faq

Fixed bugs:

[ 1538116 ] dvips not reading local config files
[ 1538558 ] afm of skaknew and enpassant fonts not correctly installed
[ 1538685 ] YAP hangs when making fonts
[ 1539071 ] setup does not save paper size selection
[ 1539945 ] 2.5-2412 net-installer fails to complete
[ 1540081 ] MikTeX Options crash when trying to move hyphenation rule up
[ 1541346 ] LaTeX etc don't find editor

Update summary 2.5.2413

2006-08-11T02:57:00Z

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2406 (August 03, 2006).

Updated packages:

hyperref
koma-script
oberdiek
tex4ht

Fixed bugs:

[ 1535965 ] bibtex ignores BIBINPUTS
[ 1536570 ] Misspelling in formats.ini file
[ 1537000 ] ruler exception