plan of next tetex-bin upload
Hi all,
As you all have noticed the tex -> e-TeX migration was not that
smooth as expected. We've got two grave (#263296 and #264043) bugs in
tetex-bin cause of this and I'd like to see them fixed ASAP. I'll
have a look at the clones of #264043 later.
I guess the easiest solution is to create not only (pdf)latex.efmt,
but (pdf)latex.fmt too. Attached is the patch for patch-tmp. Please
replace the patch added last time. /usr/bin/(pdf)latex will
nevertheless call (pdf)etex.
The fix for #263397 is already in the CVS. tetex-bin builds without
having having libtiffxx-dev installed, so we can close #263104 too,
after the B-D's have been removed. Not removing the configure-option
doesn't hurt.
About the other RC-bugs (#92594, #263549, #263343, #264241): I'd like
to hear the opinion of Ryan in #264241, before we start closing them,
as all are sitting in tetex-base.
All the other minor things (#263339, #263410, updating of News.Debian
regarding e-TeX): we should do it in the next upload.
This is my opinion. Atsuhito, if you agree: Would you be so kind to
do the CVS check in and upload ASAP?
changelog could read:
* don't revert the the TeX - e-TeX migration but build the formats
latex.fmt and psdflatex.fmt too, as they are needed in rare
cases. (Closes: ....)
Thanks for reading,
Hilmar
--
You tread upon my patience.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"
http://hilmarpreusse.forum-rheinland.de/
--- tetex-bin-2.0.2-CVS/texk/web2c/fmtutil.in.orig 2004-08-11 16:11:28.000000000 +0000
+++ tetex-bin-2.0.2-CVS/texk/web2c/fmtutil.in 2004-08-11 16:14:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@
# Change "tex.ini -> bplain.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in tex:
tex @TEXBIN@ - tex.ini
-# Change "tex -> etex" and "latex.ini -> *latex.ini" to get an
-# eTeX-2 enabled LaTeX format named latex. Or, don't change anything
-# and use elatex which is just the same.
+# Change "etex -> tex" and "*latex.ini -> latex.ini" to get back
+# the traditional, non-eTeX-2 enabled LaTeX format named latex.
+# Analogous changes can be made for pdflatex.
latex @TEXBIN@ language.dat latex.ini
+latex etex language.dat *latex.ini
@ETEX@etex etex language.def *etex.ini
@ETEX@elatex etex language.dat *elatex.ini
# Change "pdftex.ini -> pdfbplain.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in pdftex:
@PTEX@pdftex pdftex - pdftex.ini
@PTEX@pdflatex pdftex language.dat pdflatex.ini
+@PTEX@pdflatex pdfetex language.dat *pdflatex.ini
@PETEX@pdfetex pdfetex language.def *pdfetex.ini
@PETEX@pdfelatex pdfetex language.dat *pdfelatex.ini
@OMEGA@omega omega - omega.ini
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