[XeTeX] xelatex.fmt not found after update

[Jonathan Kew]

On 6 Oct 2005, at 6:39 pm, Florian Grammel wrote:

> After the recommended update from TL2004 to TL2005 using the i- 
> installer reinstalling XeTeX didn't work for me.
>
> TeXShop kept reporting that "xelatex.fmt" couldn't be found. When I  
> looked for the file, both xetex.fmt and xelatex.fmt were actually  
> missing from texmf.local/web2c. Also another attempt to install  
> xetex with the i-installer didn't get them in place, eventhough --  
> like in the first run -- no errors were reported.
>
> I got xetex working again by just copying the missing files  
> manually from a friend's installation.
>
> Did I make a mistake here or did anybody else have the same problem?

I've had another report recently indicating the same problem;  
apparently the configure script in the xetex i-package needs to be  
updated to work with changes in the latest TL2005/teTeX setup. I'll  
try to look into this soon; it's probably a fairly trivial update,  
once the exact issue is identified.

I'd be curious to know whether installing XeTeX from the Apple  
installer package available from the xetex web site <http:// 
scripts.sil.org/xetex> also has problems with the latest gwTeX/TL2005  
setup - anyone tried that?

Jonathan