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RE: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem
- From: "Mcdougall, Robert A." <mcdougar at purdue dot edu>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:56:41 -0500
- Subject: RE: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem
"Jan Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org> wrote:
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com on behalf of Jan Nieuwenhuizen
[janneke@gnu.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:40 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem
> Robert A. Mcdougall writes:
> The format was generated by tex, not by pdfetex.
It seems then that `post-texmf.sh` wants to generate TeX formats
and LaTeX wants to use pdfeTeX formats. Can they be persuaded
to agree?
> Remove the format and try again.
533$ cd /cygdrive/c/home/mcdougar/.texmf/var/
534$ mkdir hide.web2c/
535$ mv web2c/* hide.web2c/
536$ cd ~/junk/
537$ latex aleph.tex
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
538$ kpsewhich latex.fmt
/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt
539$ ls -l /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcdougar mkgroup-l-d 752275 Nov 6 2004
/usr/local/share/texmf/we
b2c/latex.fmt
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