[tex-live] mktexfmt_does_not_honor_‘--fmtdir’

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Tue Mar 9 16:06:34 CET 2010


Hi Ludovic、

> The ‘mktexfmt’ tool from TeX Live 2009 apparently fails to honor the
> ‘--fmtdir’ option:

If I'm correct, the syntax of mktexfmt is
mktexfmt foo.fmt etc. The extension is necessary.
You have to use fmtutil if you need the option --fmtdir.
mktexfmt is a symbolic link of fmtutil, however the
syntax in the mktexfmtMode is different.

Best regards,
Akira



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