[pdftex] PNG transparency problem

[Geoff Russell]

Yes, my TeXLive is from 2003 CD.

I tried the update and screwed up my distribution pretty well. All
sorts of font stuff not working --- but I did get transparency!

Not to worry, I backed up my /usr/TeX before starting.

Its time I bought a fresh TeXLive CD anyway and made another donation
to you all!

Cheers,
Geoff Russell.

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> On 24 Jul 2005, at 13:10, Geoff Russell wrote:
>
> > my pdftex gives a version of:
> >
> >        pdfTeX (Web2C 7.5.2) 3.141592-1.11a
> >
> > how does you "pdftex-1.30.0" relate?
> > i.e., have I got 1.11 and need 1.30.0 ?
>
> yes, in fact you have 1.11a, and you probably need to update a whole
> lot more.
> The current TeXLive* "bleeding-edge" release is at
> pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.30.0-rc2-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5), kpathsea version 3.5.5
> (TeX version 3.141592, pdftex release 1.30.0-rc2, eTeX release 2.2,
> Web2C release 7.5.5, with kpathsea library 3.5.5)
>
> If you're still using 1.1a, I guess you use the default that came
> with your linux
> install. Just updating teTeX to the latest release will not get you
> 1.30.0, you really
> need to go to TeXLive "bleeding edge" release, see http://tug.org/
> texlive/
>
> Maarten
>
> * Well, at least the TeXLive/teTeX hybrid most people on Mac OS X use.
>