Bug#64470: pdflatex: I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 06:53:42PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> > Just had another look at fmtutil and fmtutil.cnf. It seems that
> > fmtutil will die when it hits the first format which cannot be
> > generated. Good job tex/latex come first....
> >
> > We really ought to get fmtutil to try to generate *all* of the
> > requested formats, even if some of them fail. I'll write a patch if
> > that's useful....
>
> I disagree, `fmtutil --all' try to generate all formats.
I don't understand what you mean.
`fmtutil --all' will try to generate all of the formats listed in
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf (symlink to
/etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf), but will *STOP* the first time it is unable
to make one of the fonts. So for example, if pdftex.fmt cannot be
created for some reason, the rest of the formats listed in fmtutil.cnf
after pdftex.fmt will not even be attempted. (This is a result of the
`abort' command in `run_initex' in /usr/bin/fmtutil.)
I don't think this behaviour is very good. Have an appropriate exit
message and error message, but at least try the other formats....
Julian
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