PDF export fails with pdflatex and LuaTeX

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

find /usr/local/texlive -name pdftexconfig.tex -exec ls -sl {} ';'

	8 -rw-r--r--@ 1 el  wheel  549 Apr 15  2016 /usr/local/texlive/2019basic/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex
	8 -rw-r--r--  1 el  wheel  549 May  2  2019 /usr/local/texlive/2019basic/texmf-config/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex

kpsewhich pdftexconfig.tex

	/usr/local/texlive/2019basic/texmf-config/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex

So it may even be possible to edit the distributed one and save it onto 
config :-)-O

el

On 12/02/2020 08:32, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 12.02.2020, 07:28 +0100 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
>> Am Dienstag, den 11.02.2020, 21:44 +0100 schrieb Martin Weise:
>>> Ok, here's something I (just) noticed: pdflatex, when run without
>>> arguments, produces a .dvi file from HelloWorld.tex.  It is only if
>>> I specify "-output-format=pdf" that it creates a .pdf file.
>>>
>>> From what I understand, this is not what pdflatex should normally
>>> do.
>>
>> Try the following:
>>
>> Find the configuration file pdftexconfig.tex in the terminal via
>>
>> kpsewhich pdftexconfig.tex
> 
> ...  and if no such file is there, you need to create it, as indeed
> (and maybe surprisingly) pdf(la)tex _does_ produce DVI by default; it
> only produces PDF if advised so via \pdfoutput.
> 
> I attach my (default TeXLive) configuration file for convenience.
> 
> Jürgen
> 
>