[XeTeX] How to manually create the xelatex.fmt?

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:15:56 -0700 schrieb Chris Travers:

> Just for the record, my workaround is:
> 
> cd to appropriate directory in /usr/var/texmf/....
> xetex -ini  -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini
> 
> I can document it.  It will do the job.

Hm. I don't understand how this can be a general usable work-around.
What actually is the "appropriate" directory here? Do you have a
newer/local version of latex.ltx in this directory? 

If yes why doesn't simply work  "fmtutil --byfmt xelatex " (instead
of fmtutil-sys)?



-- 
Ulrike Fischer