[XeTeX] Bug in XeTeX 0.94 installer (.dmg version)
Jonathan Kew
jonathan_kew at sil.org
Fri Mar 25 00:17:14 CET 2005
A note for any who have experienced problems with the XeTeX 0.94
release, following installation with the Apple Installer package from
the disk image download:
A bug in the installer package for 0.94 could cause XeTeX to fail when
trying to create the xetex.fmt and xelatex.fmt format files (because it
fails to locate input files correctly). I have just posted a revised
package that corrects this problem.
http://scripts.sil.org/xetex_download
The issue is that incorrect TEXINPUTS entries are added to the
texmf.cnf configuration file. Note that many users already have the
appropriate entries (e.g., from a recent gwTeX installation), and the
installer would not alter these, so only a few users appear to have
been affected, but if the problem strikes, it's crippling!
The newly-posted package (disk image XeTeX_094a.dmg) will correct the
bad entries made by the 0.94 installer, and therefore should solve the
problem for anyone affected by it. The actual software is unchanged, so
there is no reason to update unless directly affected by this issue.
Apologies to those who have struggled with broken installations as a
result of this problem!
Jonathan
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