[tex-live] TeX finding filenames with spaces

[Norbert Preining]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Thomas Esser wrote:
> Hm... WHat causes this loop? If I create an "invalid" language.dat and run
> "texconfig init", I get something like:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> I don't know. I cannot reproduce it now, though I am sure I have seen 
> it. Gerben thinks it
> is when format A is requested which depends on format B, and that cant 
> be made. But that
> works ok as well.

Here is the fault: It is connected with jadetex needing latex, AFAIS:

running `etex -ini   -jobname=jadetex -progname=jadetex &latex jadetex.ini' ...
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.efmt
running `etex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' ...
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)
...
...
...
! I can't find file `huhyph.tex'.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.338   \repeat
               
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.338   \repeat
               
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
Error: `etex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`etex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed

rning: kpathsea: mktexpk output `This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
...
...
...
! I can't find file `huhyph.tex'.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.338   \repeat
               
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.338   \repeat
               
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.' instead of a filename.
Sorry, I can't find the format `latex.efmt'; will try `jadetex.efmt'.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt jadetex.efmt
running `etex -ini   -jobname=jadetex -progname=jadetex &latex jadetex.ini' 

And here it starts to repeat ...

> Maybe we need more info from Norbert again.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes

Norbert

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