[tex-live] missing format files in texlive 2007
Norbert Preining
preining at logic.at
Sun Dec 23 12:52:43 CET 2012
On So, 23 Dez 2012, Winston Smith wrote:
> $ kpsewhich fmtutil.cnf
>
> says nothing, but exit code is 1. I guess that means something (path not found?).
Ok, I guess that is because the old kpsewhich needed
--format 'web2c blabla'
or so , the automatic detection was added later.
Anyway... as you wrote below that is correct.
> /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnfis a file that consists of comments and empty lines solely. But this is a hint:
Huuu??? That is very strange ... do you have any files in
/etc/texmf/fmt.d/
???
If not then something is seriously messed up on your system. There should
be several files!!!
> I presume I need to edit this file (or add one in /etc/texmf/fmt.d/ to add
> etex as format? Would a line like
>
> etex pdftex language.def -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini
> suffice? I added this line, ran update-fmtutil, and etex now gets to the point of actually
> rendering pages.
That should already be there I suppose....
Best wishes
Norbert
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