Bug#659680: Bug#659681: Bug#659680: texlive-xetex: xelatex error: ``(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)"
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:00:39AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Mo, 13 Feb 2012, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 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.
No, I totally understand that point - I'm just saying that in this case
it seems like the way to deal with the issue is to stick with the two
upstreams rather than try to come up with a different fix locally.
> > 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.
I was thinking for the case where someone upgrades zlib but for whatever
reason doesn't upgrade TeX at all - it's not exactly going to be common
but it's simple enough to do.
> > 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.
Most of the gzio users are pretty noddy, the pattern is more usually to
just read until error or something similar rather than having detailed
error checking.
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