Re: gwTeX: FatalError : Your format does not match the base files!

[Alan Bowen <acbowen@princeton.edu>]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Matthias Weber wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have tried updating ConTeXt with the result that any ConTeXt
> document results in the above
> error message :(
>
> I have re-installed everything (I hope - deleted teTeX from /usr/
> local/, and the ipackages folder
> from the home directory, then re-installed everything using
> iinstaller) to no avail.
> I tried both the ConTeXt beta and the stable version.
>
> Any ideas what's wrong?
> Full log file is below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>
>
> TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
>
> fixing engine variable : pdfetex
>              executable : pdfetex
>                  format : cont-en
>               inputfile : Untitled
>                  output : pdftex
>               interface : en
>            current mode : none
>                 TeX run : 1
>
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
> entering extended mode
> (./Untitled.tex
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2006.06.14 20:42  fmt: 2006.6.15  int: english  mes:
> english
>
> language        : language en is active
> <protectionstate 0>
> system          : cont-new loaded
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
>
> FatalError      : Your format does not match the base files!
>
> FormatVersion   : 2006.06.14 20:42
> FilesVersion    : 2006.09.13 23:47
>
>
>             return code : 0
>                run time : 1 seconds
>    sorting and checking : running texutil
>
> TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006
>                  action : processing commands, lists and registers
>                  option : sorting IJ under Y
>                  option : converting high ASCII values
>                   error : empty input file Untitled
>
>                  remark : 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec'
>                 warning : use 'texmfstart texutil' instead
>
>          total run time : 1 seconds
>
>                 warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead
>

Matthias—

Check the dates of the files cont-en.fmt and cont-nl.fmt in your
/texmf.local/web2C and
/texmf.local/web2C/pdfetex directories.

My guess is that the ones in the former were created in June than the
ones in the latter were created in September. If this is right,
copy the September files from /texmf.local/web2C/pdfetex to / 
texmf.local/web2C.

That worked for me and I hope that it does for you too.

Alan