[tex-live] initex '&FORMAT' with whizzytex

[Stefano Lodi]

I installed TexLive on a loop filessytem and checked that it formats 
correctly various latex sources of mine.  I run into problems when 
installing the whizzytex package for emacs. Both during installation 
tests and normal operation, I believe whizzytex builds a format for its 
own use by running a command such as

initex '&$FORMAT'  <somecommands>

In TeXLive this seems to rebuild  $FORMAT in web2c by 'etex -ini 
-jobname...'  Any help on how one could simulate the "old" behaviour so 
that I can feed the whizzytex script with a initex wrapper it can use, 
is appreciated.

I'm pasting below the transcript of the whizzytex installation. (Some 
details have been omitted.)  The failed command which tests if a format 
can be built is

initex '&latex' dummy > initex.log && [ -f dummy.fmt ]

transcript follows.

Stefano

##################################
knoppix at ttyp1[whizzytex-1.2.0]$ make all
...
Running INITEX=initex  ... kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
running `etex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' ...
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (INITEX)
%&-line parsing enabled.
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/config/latex.ini
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg)
./texsys.aux found


\@currdir set to: ./.


Assuming \openin and \input
have the same search path.


Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser.

catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2,  parameters,
LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>
hacks, control, par, spacing, files, font encodings, lengths,
====================================

Local config file fonttext.cfg used

====================================
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/fonttext.cfg
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/fonttext.ltx
=== Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===

(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/omlenc.def)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1enc.def)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/omsenc.def)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1cmr.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmr.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ot1cmtt.fd)))
====================================

Local config file fontmath.cfg used

====================================
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontmath.cfg
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontmath.ltx
=== Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===

(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/omlcmm.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/omscmsy.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ucmr.fd)))
====================================

Local config file preload.cfg used

=====================================
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/preload.cfg
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/preload.ltx)) page nos., 
x-ref,
environments, center, verbatim, math definitions, boxes, title, sectioning,
contents, floats, footnotes, index, bibliography, output,
===========================================
Local configuration file hyphen.cfg used
===========================================
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/ushyph.tex)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/dumyhyph.tex)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/zerohyph.tex)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/gbhyph.tex)
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/ithyph.tex))
=================================
Applying patch file ltpatch.ltx
=================================
(/KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf/tex/latex/base/ltpatch.ltx)
) )
Beginning to dump on file latex.efmt
(format=latex 2004.10.19)
4268 strings of total length 56234
43665 memory locations dumped; current usage is 144&41726
3092 multiletter control sequences
\font\nullfont=nullfont
\font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10
\font\tenln=line10
\font\tenlnw=linew10
\font\tencirc=lcircle10
\font\tencircw=lcirclew10
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/5=cmr5
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/7=cmr7
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/10=cmr10
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/5=cmmi5
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/7=cmmi7
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/10=cmmi10
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/5=cmsy5
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/7=cmsy7
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/10=cmsy10
3633 words of font info for 14 preloaded fonts
22 hyphenation exceptions
Hyphenation trie of length 17036 has 437 ops out of 35111
 30 for language 4
 224 for language 3
 2 for language 1
 181 for language 0
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
fmtutil: /KNOPPIX/usr/local/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/latex.efmt installed.

*** Error:

 Command failed:

     initex '&latex' dummy > initex.log && [ -f dummy.fmt ]