[tex-live] No format built on i386-linux

Daniel Flipo daniel.flipo at univ-lille1.fr
Sat Dec 23 11:19:39 CET 2006


Hi Karl,

>     No format gets built at the end:
> 
> As I recall, it's intentional.  No formats are built by default; instead,
> they are created the first time a program is invoked.

Fine for me, I was just unsure it was intended because I saw this when 
checking the log:
Doing post-install jobs from the packages...
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=amstex: BuildFormat on amstex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=context: BuildFormat on context
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=cyramstex: BuildFormat on cyramstex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=cyrtex: BuildFormat on cyrtex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=cyrtexinfo: BuildFormat on cyrtexinfo
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=etex: BuildFormat on etex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=jadetex: BuildFormat on jadetex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=latex: BuildFormat on latex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=metafont: BuildFormat on metafont
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=metapost: BuildFormat on metapost
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=mltex: BuildFormat on mltex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=pdftex: BuildFormat on pdftex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=tex: BuildFormat on tex
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=xmltex: BuildFormat on xmltex
the other EXECUTE commands _are_ executed:
    EXECUTE !BuildLanguageDat=ba: BuildLanguageDat on ba
    ...
    EXECUTE !addMap=aifonts.map: addMap on aifonts.map
    ...

I would suggest to delete the
    EXECUTE !BuildFormat=...
lines and to add a message at the end of installation saying that 
formats can be created by `fmtutil-sys --all' if needed. Creation on the 
fly is best for single-user systems, but on multi-users systems each 
user ends up with his own formats in his home directory, I guess most 
sysadmins prefer creating them globally.

>     ! I can't find file `xu-bahyph.tex'.
> 
> Oops, my mistake.  I'll arrange the dependencies so that they are always
> installed.  Right now I think they are just in collection-xetex.

OK, I'll give another try to the next image.
Thanks,
-- 
Daniel Flipo


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