Bug#659680: texlive-xetex: xelatex error: ``(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)"
On Mo, 13 Feb 2012, Mark Brown wrote:
> I've no intention to diverge from upstream on this, maintaining a
> different interface to upstream doesn't seem like a smart move. Given
Ok.
> that the TeX upstream appears to have already changed their code for the
> new zlib upstream it seems like they're not expecting any change in zlib
> and will be updated to use the new interface with their next release.
Yes, but you missed the point, namely breaking unrelated software.
Anyway, I will upload new texlive-binaries with just this fix.
> I can add a Breaks to the package to help handle partial upgrade cases.
I just checked, it seems to *NOT* be necessary. During upgrades
xetex will be called only in -ini mode, and that still works.
Only a normal run to process a document, which loads the format,
will not work.
> A brief look at what's installed on my particular system suggests that
> this isn't a terribly widely used function, I'm actually only seeing
> users from TeX but that's not exactly a full archive scan.
Huuu, I would expect that a function like *eof() will be used in more
than xetex place... but anyway.
Best wishes
Norbert
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