Hi all, sorry, that I have bothered you with this.
I've found the solution yesterday myself after reading the write manual ;-) --> pdftexman.pdf The problem comes with the binary version of pdftex. These files have incompiled possible search paths for the file texmf.cnf. In SuSE 7.3 it resides in /var/lib/texmf/web2c and this path is not the search path compiled inside the binaries. With pdftex -kpathsea-debug=255 -ini -fmt=cont-en cont-en one can find the problems a little bit more in detail. Then one can create a link with su - root cd /usr/share/texmf/teTeX/bin/i386-linux-glibc ln -s /var/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf texmf.cnf to the relevant file. and /usr/share/texmf/texexec --make works perfect Greetings Axel Zindler Anyway Thanks Christoph. Am Montag, 19. November 2001 21:30 schrieben Sie: > Hi all, > > after downloading the file pdftex-linux-20010417.zip from the ftp-archiv I > wanted to make the new formats. > Instead I'm getting: > > axel@asus:~> texexec --make > > TeXExec 2.6 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001 > > ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? > fmtutil: `pdfetex -ini -efmt=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' > failed. ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? > fmtutil: `pdfetex -ini -efmt=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' > failed. This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1) (INIMP) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/metafun.mp > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp > Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-tool.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-spec.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-core.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-page.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-text.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-shap.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-butt.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-char.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-step.mp) > (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/mp-grph.mp) ) > Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem > (mem=metafun 2001.11.19) > at most 2354 strings of total length 32081 > 32532 memory locations dumped; current usage is 10024&22419 > 1290 symbolic tokens > Transcript written on metafun.log. > ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? > > TeX binary : pdfetex > format(s) : en nl metafun mptopdf > > > total run time : 4 seconds > axel@asus:~> kpsewhich pdfetex.pool > /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.pool > > the files pdftex.pool and pdfetex.pool had been updated. > > Any hints how I can find what's wrong?? > > Thanks > > Axel Zindler -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net
