Re: Call for testing ...
On Son, 20 Mai 2007, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Now I understand also why it fixed your system:
> the configure of texlive-base-bin calls fmtutil-sys --all, and fmtutil
> check for the availability of the format and does NOT exit with error if
> a mentioned format is not available. Since mf.ini is in texlive-base,
> the format is not even tried to be build.
>
> > I guess the solution to our problem is to move modes.mf to
> > texlive-base-bin?
>
> No, because as you said, also mf.ini etc are in texlive-base. We have to
> move the format generation from texlive-base-bin to texlive-base, ie
> patching the generated format files.
Furthermore, we are lucky because the same *could* happen with
etex/pdfetex, because etex.src is in texlive-base. This is also the
reason for the breakage at some times.
I guess we have to move the etex/pdfetex calls *also* to texlive-base.
Best wishes
Norbert
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