Bug#263296: tetex-bin 2.0.2-17 broke "tex --parse-first-line"

[Olaf Weber <olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl>]

Hilmar Preusse writes:
> On 04.08.04 Olaf Weber (olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl) wrote:

>> The switch to using (pdf)etex as the engine for latex does affect what
>> happens when -parse-first-line is used, and the engines in the current
>> teTeX-beta will at least provide a usable diagnostic.
>> 
>> $ tex -parse-first-line sample2e.tex
>> This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.3)
>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>> ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt was written by pdfetex
>> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
>> 
> This is the error message I expect, instead of an :

> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.2 \documentclass

Note that with the name of the engine encoded in the format, the
obvious next step is to have a generic driver which calls the right
engine dependent on the format it is supposed to run.  This is part of
the plans for the future.

-- 
Olaf Weber

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