.fmt files

["Sridhar M.A." <mysxrd@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in>]

Hi,

I saw your message regarding the missing fmt files under slink. I too
faced the same problem last week and it took me a day or two to
relaize that this was the y2k problem. I have a slow connection and
downloading the new updates is a problem. I got around the problem
in this way.

1. Logged in as root.
2. Changed the date with the date command. Set the year to some 199x.
3. Ran texconfig.

I had all the fmt files in /var/lib/texmf/web2c.

HTH,

sridhar

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