Re: version dates confuse me after upgrade

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> that method rather than the raw tetex method.  For one, xpdf has
> recurring buffer overruns being discovered, and tetex (at least on
>   
afaik this does not affect pdftex, since it uses only a small part of 
the xpdf library

> * deleted the ~/.texmf-var/web2c/{cont-en,mptopdf}.fmt (I didn't have
>   any metafun formats or I would delete them too).
>   
hm, i could let texexec do that
> * did "(cd ; kpsewhich  --format=fmt cont-en )" to find any other
>   instances of cont-en.fmt, and then remove it:
>     rm /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.fmt
>   Same for mptopdf and (if any) metafun.
>   
if you use newtexexe it will report more details about what it finds (it 
is also more clever in making formats)
> * Edited the TEXFORMATS line in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf to
>   have the /{$engine,} magic:
>      TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,}
>   
texexec / newtexexec dixes that runtime; afaik the tex live texmf.cnf 
file has engine support (so i expected tetex to provide that as well, 
even if it's not used)
> * As root, ran update-texmf to regenerate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
>   
ah ...  i hate that kind of duplications ... a source of hard to trace 
problems;  the teds (tex directory structure) is around for a while and 
rather stable so i wonder why such config files have to en dup in etc; 
just don't call it a config file; also, the kpse texmf.cnf model 
provides for multiple cnf files

i remember from long ago that there's also some path trickery involved 
(btw, i'm not sure where the binaries live)

(btw, beware not to install tex live and tetex alongside )
> * Checked whether the new formats are found:
>     $ (cd ; kpsewhich -format=fmt --engine=pdfetex cont-en mptopdf metafun)
>     /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>     /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
>   (No metafun yet, but that's okay.)
>
> * Looks okay, so run 'texexec --version' to see whether it really is okay.
>   
newtexexec --check
> Should I add these steps to the Wiki in the Debian installation page?
>   
sure 

Hans 

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