Bug#352569: fmtutil: Error. Apparent jadetex involvement. packages left unconfigured.
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Frank Küster wrote:
> >> > `etex -ini -jobname=jadetex -progname=jadetex &latex jadetex.ini' failed
> >> > `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfjadetex -progname=pdfjadetex &pdflatex pdfjadetex.ini' failed
> >> >
>
> I don't even remember in which bug we discussed it (probably it was in
> connection with jadetex), but does anybody remember any serious
> arguments against the quick-and-dirty solution of removing the old
> formats in /var/lib/texmf/web2c?
Another suggestion: Only remove the latex and pdflatex format files.
This really is only a problem with jadetex as it uses the latex format
in its initialization.
Best wishes
Norbert
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