[OS X TeX] epstopdf glitch

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 12, 2010, at 7:15 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Justin C. Walker wrote:
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>> Hi, all,
>> 
>> I just updated (via TLU) my tex-live 2010 installation, on two systems: 10.5.8 and 10.6.4.  When I do this, I run a quick check to verify that things aren't broken.  On the 10.6 system, I have run into a problem which looks like a config problem of some sort, with 'epstopdf' failing.  The same test works on 10.5 (identical .tex files).
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>> The error shows up in the TeXShop console window, but not in the .log file produced as a byproduct of compilation:
>> 
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd)epstopdf ($Id: ep
>> stopdf.pl 18319 2010-05-17 16:34:21Z karl $) 2.16
>> !!! Error: Output filename '/Users/justin/Pictures/wolf_eel_thumbnail-eps-conver
>> ted-to.pdf' not allowed in restricted mode.
>> 
>> The man page and "texdoc" don't happen to mention "restricted mode", so I'm sort of clueless (and Perl-averse).
>> 
>> --
>> Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Hmmm... just ran a test with a freshly updated TL2010 pretest via TLU and there were no problems with restricted mode (i.e., no --shell-escape needed) and converting eps->pdf.
> 
> Could you supply a minimal but compilable example that generates this error message? Also, how are you compiling the file? Do you have write permission to that directory?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Hmmm... One more thing. Do you have an epstopdf-sys.cfg or epstopdf.cfg file in your personal texmf tree (starting in ~/Library/texmf/ where ~ is your HOME folder)? If so, what is its contents? If it's an epstopdf-sys.cfg file there please rename it to epstopdf.cfg.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)