Re: making formats troubled

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Hans van der Meer wrote:
> In This Way #12 of august 2007 I read on page 1:
> 
> Since you update, make sure to remake the pdfTeX and XeTeX formats:
> texexec --make --all --pdftex
> 
> I updated to 2007-09-10 and then an error with message:
> 
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.5 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX)
> \write18 enabled.
> (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx)
> entering extended mode
> ! I can't write on file `cont-en.log'.
> (Enter the null string to re-try, or <eof> to exit Default file 
> extension is `.log')
> 
> Where is it that the file cont-en.log will be written?
> And how can I change this location systematically (or can it be changed) 
> to a place under my home directory?
> Maybe the problem is that I install my formats locally under a user name 
> not being super user or system administrator (just a simple security 
> precaution).
> Is the texexec script assuming here write rights need not in generally 
> be granted to the script executing user? If so, can the script be adapted.
> 
> By the way, cont-tfm.zip comes with script files not having a+x 
> executing rights. It is a bit of nuisance to change these everytime an 
> update comes along -- quite frequently thus. Is it possible to change this?

not now, i use zip to make the files and windows bits are not unix bits; 
  afaik, when a file is overwritten during unzip, the old bits are used;

concerning fmt paths ... you can set the variable texformats to some value

Hans

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