Do we still need texmf/fmtutil/ stuff? It seems outdated (eg. use pdfetex etc.) and not used at all. As for win32, we do not have hacked fmtutil, so even we have in texmf.cnf TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{#engine,} all formats are still stored in just web2c/ Thanks, -- Staszek Wawrykiewicz StaW at gust.org.pl