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

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi Herb,
> 
> On 21/10/2011, at 6:47 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>>> If TexLive had been around in 2002 and was statically linking to zlib,
>>> it would have been affected too.  TeX does not link against zlib but
>>> LaTeX and XeTeX do.
>>> ...
>> 
>> Howdy,
> 
>> Also, you say ``TeX does not link against zlib but LaTeX and XeTeX do'' and I don't understand that since LaTeX is simply a macro package that sits on top of TeX and isn't linked to anything like zlib as far as I know. XeTeX is an engine but I don't know what it's linked to.
> 
> The binary called 'latex' is actually a (hard or soft) link to the 
> underlying binary named 'pdftex'.
> This is what is statically linked to 'zlib'.
> 
> It is a different binary to 'xetex', so his statements
> make perfect sense, from this (very pragmatic) point of view.
> 
> But yes, I had to think about it a bit, before being confident
> about what was being said.
> 

Howdy,

So its the binary, pdflatex, that is linked to zlib. That makes perfect sense. Ok.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)