[tex-live] Re: [OS X TeX] Re: Bug, presumably in texlive 2004

Ralph Martin Ralph.Martin at cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Mon Nov 22 13:19:24 CET 2004


On 22 Nov 2004, at 12:10 pm, Vladimir Volovich wrote:
> The file latex.ini which is included into TeX Live 2004 distribution
> contains the following:
>
> ===============================
> % Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain.
>
> \ifx\pdfoutput\undefined \else
>   \ifx\pdfoutput\relax \else
>     % We're building the latex format with the pdfetex engine (started 
> 2004).
>     % See this file for details.
>     \input pdftex-dvi.tex
>   \fi
> \fi
>
> % the usual format initialization.
> \scrollmode
> \input latex.ltx
> \endinput
> ===============================
>
> I think that the file latex.ini in your TeX distribution (is it from
> Gerben's TeX distribution?)

Indeed it is.

> is not the same, and should be replaced
> with the correct version.
>
> In other words, your TeX distribution is not a TeX Live 2004
> distribution, but some mix of old stuff with new stuff.

Gerben,

I'm pretty sure I junked my old texlive 2003 stuff, and did a fresh 
install of texlive 2004, so I think this problem is at your end...

Ralph



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