Bug#111489: tetex-base: Old version of latex.fmt causes failure of cslatex.fmt creation
From: David Rohleder <davro@ics.muni.cz>
Subject: Bug#111489: tetex-base: Old version of latex.fmt causes failure of cslatex.fmt creation
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:29:27 +0200
> I was trying to use cslatex, but initex fails to create
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/cslatex.fmt
>
> Error message during running /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base configure :
>
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file
> !! That is more than one year old.
> !!
> !! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format
> !! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files
> !! before continuing to build LaTeX.
> !!
> !! LaTeX is re-issued every 6 months, in June and December.
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !
> ! LaTeX source files more than 1 year old!.
> l.530 ...LaTeX source files more than 1 year old!}
Hi all,
is it enough to fix this familiar report that we only add
\scrollmode
to cslatex.ini ?
I guessed so because I recalled the former mail
From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Out-of-Date LaTeX in Woody
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 12:57:05 +0100
> Yes, the problem will be ignored in the default LaTeX build. However,
> I have seen instances of other packages which base themselves on LaTeX
> but don't use a \spoolmode command in their .ini files, so fall over
> because of this.
(perhaps \spoolmode is a typo of \scrollmode)
Do I misunderstand something important?
Best regards, 2001.10.19
--
Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
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