#1120082 context: 'texexec' has disappeared from package context; 'context --mkii' fails

Package:
context
Source:
context
Submitter:
Henry House
Date:
2025-11-05 10:34:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1120082#5
Date:
2025-11-04 23:28:29 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

After dist-upgrading from bookworm, the current context/stable package has lost
the 'texexec' script, necessary for typesetting MkII markup.  It is however
still stated as present in the context package by 'command-not-found':

        Command 'texexec' not found, but can be installed with:
        sudo apt install context

The apparent replacement for 'texexec' is 'context --mkii', but this does not
work as installed by the dist-upgrade:

        $ context --mkii tmp.tex
        mtx-context     | running command: ruby /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb --mkii tmp.tex


        This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.26 (TeX Live 2025/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=cont-en)
         restricted \write18 enabled.
        entering extended mode
        (./tmp.tex

        ConTeXt  ver: 2021.03.05 19:11 MKII  fmt: 2025.11.4  int: english/english

        system          : cont-new.mkii loaded
        (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkii/cont-new.mkii

        FatalError      : Your format does not match the base files!

        FormatVersion   : 2021.03.05 19:11 MKII
        FilesVersion    : 2024.02.27 09:18

        system          | total runtime: 0.465 seconds of 0.566 seconds
#1120082#10
Date:
2025-11-05 10:32:30 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

According to [1] MarkII is considered to be obsolete. For now I mark that bug as wontfix.

Hilmar

[1] https://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_and_Lua_programming/ConTeXt_Development/ConTeXt_history

05.11.2025 00:33:21 Henry House <hajhouse@houseag.com>: