luaotfload-arabic.lua:19: attempt to index a nil value (global 'node')

[wilx]

Whatever I attempt, I always get this error:

`--> luaotfload-tool --find "TeX Gyre Pagella"
...4/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-arabic.lua:19: attempt to index a nil value (global 'node')

I also have the same issues that #281 and #282 describe.

This is with up to date TeX Live 2024, freshly installed.

[petrk23]

Hi, this should be solved in issue #277, but is at this time only in the dev branch. I'm sure it will be part of the next release. But I have no idea when this will happen...

My workaround was to copy out the luaotfload-arabic.lua into a directory and comment out lines 19-22. These are the lines where nil's are indexed. Now run luaotfload-tool in that directory and everything will work.

[u-fischer]

@wilx please check if luaotfload 2024-12-03 v3.29 (now in texlive) resolves the issue and then close here.