[pdftex] problems with using refman.sty

[Allin Cottrell]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, [ISO-8859-2] Ryszard Czermiñski wrote:

> I am trying to use refman.sty I copied from the web (I want to use
> \pagestyle{myfootings})
> but I am getting an error (see below) [...]
>
> bash-3.2$ latex -version
> pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)

I don't know how relevant this is, but you seem to be using an
ancient verson of pdftex: current is 3.1415926-1.40.10. Your first
recourse might be to try updating.

Allin Cottrell