Bug#659680: Bug#659681: Bug#659680: texlive-xetex: xelatex error: ``(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)"
On Mo, 13 Feb 2012, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 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.
Ok, yeah, I agree, that might be necessary. I am preparing texlive-binaries
-12 revision just now, this version should be fine, so before -12
it should break.
Thanks.
> 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.
Hahaha, bad bad bad ;-)
Anyway, thanks.
Norbert
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