the bug report below seems to be a more general thing, affecting also e. g. tex. Maybe it's something for Olaf?

--- tex.ch.orig Thu Dec 30 00:07:46 2004 +++ tex.ch Mon Apr 04 23:15:59 2005 @@ -2242,8 +2242,10 @@ @z @x [29.534] l.10289 - Filename change for the recorder. +if job_name=0 then job_name:="texput"; @.texput@> @y +if job_name=0 then job_name:=get_job_name; @.texput@> pack_job_name(".fls"); recorder_change_filename(stringcast(name_of_file+1)); --- texmfmp.c.orig Tue Dec 21 20:33:56 2004 +++ texmfmp.c Mon Apr 04 23:17:20 2005 @@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ getjobname() { strnumber ret = curname; + if (ret == 0) ret = maketexstring("texput"); if (job_name != NULL) ret = maketexstring(job_name); return ret; Best regards, Akira