Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> that method rather than the raw tetex method. For one, xpdf has
> recurring buffer overruns being discovered, and tetex (at least on
>
afaik this does not affect pdftex, since it uses only a small part of
the xpdf library
> * deleted the ~/.texmf-var/web2c/{cont-en,mptopdf}.fmt (I didn't have
> any metafun formats or I would delete them too).
>
hm, i could let texexec do that
> * did "(cd ; kpsewhich --format=fmt cont-en )" to find any other
> instances of cont-en.fmt, and then remove it:
> rm /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.fmt
> Same for mptopdf and (if any) metafun.
>
if you use newtexexe it will report more details about what it finds (it
is also more clever in making formats)
> * Edited the TEXFORMATS line in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf to
> have the /{$engine,} magic:
> TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,}
>
texexec / newtexexec dixes that runtime; afaik the tex live texmf.cnf
file has engine support (so i expected tetex to provide that as well,
even if it's not used)
> * As root, ran update-texmf to regenerate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
>
ah ... i hate that kind of duplications ... a source of hard to trace
problems; the teds (tex directory structure) is around for a while and
rather stable so i wonder why such config files have to en dup in etc;
just don't call it a config file; also, the kpse texmf.cnf model
provides for multiple cnf files
i remember from long ago that there's also some path trickery involved
(btw, i'm not sure where the binaries live)
(btw, beware not to install tex live and tetex alongside )
> * Checked whether the new formats are found:
> $ (cd ; kpsewhich -format=fmt --engine=pdfetex cont-en mptopdf metafun)
> /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
> /home/sanjoy/.texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
> (No metafun yet, but that's okay.)
>
> * Looks okay, so run 'texexec --version' to see whether it really is okay.
>
newtexexec --check
> Should I add these steps to the Wiki in the Debian installation page?
>
sure
Hans
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