Cygwin: texi2dvi stumbles over texinfo.tex
Ralf Wildenhues
Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de
Thu May 25 05:38:00 GMT 2006
Hi Karl,
* Karl Berry wrote on Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:03:39PM CEST:
>
> Ralf, what is the output if you run
> tex \\end
> etex \\end
> pdfetex \\end
See typescript, attached.
> This shows that texi2dvi is invoking etex.
> This shows that mktexfmt is invoking pdfetex to build etex.fmt.
>
> This mismatch is causing the error.
>
> This is controlled by the file fmtutil.cnf. What does that file look
> like in your installation?
Also attached.
In Cygwin's /usr/share/texmf/web2c, there are *.cygwin-dist and
*.cygwin-orig copies of fmtutil.cnf, mktex.cnf, and texmf.cnf.
The respective copies are all identical, though.
Cheers,
Ralf
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Script started on Thu May 25 07:21:22 2006
$ tex \\end
This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
No pages of output.
Transcript written on texput.log.
$ etex \\end
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
---! /home/ralf/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt was written by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
$ pdfetex \\end
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
No pages of output.
Transcript written on texput.log.
$ file ~/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt
/home/ralf/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt: data
$ mv ~/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt ~/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt-broken
$ etex \\end
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt etex.fmt
fmtutil: running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini' ...
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (INITEX)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
(/usr/share/texmf/web2c/cp227.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/etex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/etex/etex.src
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex Preloading the plain format: codes,
registers, parameters, fonts, more fonts, macros, math definitions,
output routines, hyphenation (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex
[skipping from \patterns to end-of-file...]))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/etex/etexdefs.lib Skipping module "grouptypes";
Loading module "interactionmodes"; Skipping module "nodetypes";
Skipping module "iftypes";) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/language.def
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex))
Augmenting the Plain TeX definitions: \tracingall;
Adding new e-TeX definitions: \eTeX, \loggingall, \tracingnone,
register allocation; extended register allocation;
Recycling: \addlanguage, \@nswer (not defined), \@sk, \b@dresponsetrue,
\b@dresponsefalse, \ch@ckforyn, \mayber@cycle, \et@xabort, \et@xbuf,
\et@xfmtsrc, \et@xfilehdr, \et@xinf, \et@xpatterns, \l@ngdefnfile, \n@xt,
\p@rse (not defined), \pr@mpt (not defined), \pr@mptloop (not defined),
\forcer@cycle, \usef@llback, \usef@llbacktrue, \usef@llbackfalse,
Retaining: \et@xerr, \et@xinput, \et@xlibhdr, \et@xmsg, \et@xtoks, \et@xwarn,
\et@xl@@d, \et@xl@ad, \et@xload, \et@xlang, \et@xhash, \eTeX, \etexhdrchk,
\etexstatus, \module, \uselanguage, \r@tain, \r@cycle,) )
Beginning to dump on file etex.fmt
(format=etex 2006.5.25)
2658 strings of total length 38086
7953 memory locations dumped; current usage is 197&7289
1176 multiletter control sequences
\font\nullfont=nullfont
\font\tenrm=cmr10
\font\preloaded=cmr9
\font\preloaded=cmr8
\font\sevenrm=cmr7
\font\preloaded=cmr6
\font\fiverm=cmr5
\font\teni=cmmi10
\font\preloaded=cmmi9
\font\preloaded=cmmi8
\font\seveni=cmmi7
\font\preloaded=cmmi6
\font\fivei=cmmi5
\font\tensy=cmsy10
\font\preloaded=cmsy9
\font\preloaded=cmsy8
\font\sevensy=cmsy7
\font\preloaded=cmsy6
\font\fivesy=cmsy5
\font\tenex=cmex10
\font\preloaded=cmss10
\font\preloaded=cmssq8
\font\preloaded=cmssi10
\font\preloaded=cmssqi8
\font\tenbf=cmbx10
\font\preloaded=cmbx9
\font\preloaded=cmbx8
\font\sevenbf=cmbx7
\font\preloaded=cmbx6
\font\fivebf=cmbx5
\font\tentt=cmtt10
\font\preloaded=cmtt9
\font\preloaded=cmtt8
\font\preloaded=cmsltt10
\font\tensl=cmsl10
\font\preloaded=cmsl9
\font\preloaded=cmsl8
\font\tenit=cmti10
\font\preloaded=cmti9
\font\preloaded=cmti8
\font\preloaded=cmti7
\font\preloaded=cmu10
\font\preloaded=cmmib10
\font\preloaded=cmbsy10
\font\preloaded=cmcsc10
\font\preloaded=cmssbx10
\font\preloaded=cmdunh10
\font\preloaded=cmr7 at 14.51799pt
\font\preloaded=cmtt10 at 14.4pt
\font\preloaded=cmssbx10 at 14.4pt
\font\preloaded=manfnt
14787 words of font info for 50 preloaded fonts
14 hyphenation exceptions
Hyphenation trie of length 6075 has 181 ops out of 35111
181 for language 0
No pages of output.
Transcript written on etex.log.
fmtutil: /home/ralf/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt installed.
---! /home/ralf/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt was written by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
$ etex \\end
This is e-TeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
file:line:error style messages enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
---! /home/ralf/.texmf/var/web2c/etex.fmt was written by pdfetex
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
$ exit
Script done on Thu May 25 07:22:19 2006
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# Thomas Esser, Copyright 1998, 1999. Public domain.
# fmtutil.cnf: configuration file for fmtutil.
# Customize this file to your needs, e.g.
# - remove or uncomment formats that you don't need
# - add your own formats
# - change default engine / flags for standard formats
# Some notes:
# 1) tex and amstex just load hyphen.tex. No customization.
# You can have you own customized (via babel's hyphen.cfg)
# formats on top of plain by using "bplain.tex" instead of
# plain.tex (see e.g. bplain.ini file for bplain format).
#
# 2) etex loads language.def, not language.dat.
#
# 3) The symbolic link to the right engines (e.g. bplain -> tex)
# will be generated by the "texlinks" script. So, if you call
# fmtutil "by hand" and not via texconfig, please also call
# texlinks afterwards.
#
# 4) usual comments start with "# ", whereas disabled configurations
# start with "#! " in this file.
# The format of the table is:
# format engine pattern-file arguments
# The last part of "arguments" must be the name of the file to run
# initex (or another "ini"-engine) on.
# metafont and metapost:
mf mf - -translate-file=cp227.tcx mf.ini
mpost mpost - -translate-file=cp227.tcx mpost.mp
metafun mpost - -translate-file=cp227.tcx metafun.mp
# Standard formats (plain, latex) with all engines:
# Change "tex.ini -> bplain.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in tex:
tex tex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx tex.ini
aleph aleph - *aleph.ini
latex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini
etex pdfetex language.def -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini
pdftex pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdftex.ini
pdflatex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini
pdfetex pdfetex language.def -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini
omega omega - omega.ini
lambda omega language.dat lambda.ini
lamed aleph language.dat *lambda.ini
# The amstex format:
# Change "amstex.ini -> bamstex.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in amstex:
#! amstex pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini
# Change "pdfamstex.ini -> pdfbamstex.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in pdfamstex:
#! pdfamstex pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfamstex.ini
# Context formats:
#! cont-cz pdfetex cont-usr.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cont-cz.ini
#! cont-de pdfetex cont-usr.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cont-de.ini
cont-en pdfetex cont-usr.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cont-en.ini
#! cont-nl pdfetex cont-usr.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cont-nl.ini
#! cont-uk pdfetex cont-usr.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cont-uk.ini
# language-specific things:
# - Cyrillic:
#! cyrtex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cyrtex.ini
#! cyrtexinfo pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cyrtxinf.ini
#! cyramstex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cyramstx.ini
# - Polish:
#! platex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *platex.ini
#! pdfplatex pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfplatex.ini
#! mex pdfetex mexconf.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *mex.ini
#! pdfmex pdfetex mexconf.tex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfmex.ini
#! utf8mex pdfetex mexconf.tex -enc *utf8mex.ini
# - Polish with translated messages (experimental):
#! platex-pl pdfetex - nls=pdfetex-pl,il2-pl *platex.ini
#! mex-pl pdfetex mexconf.tex nls=pdfetex-pl,il2-pl *mex.ini
#! pdfmex-pl pdfetex mexconf.tex nls=pdfetex-pl,il2-pl *pdfmex.ini
# - Czech / Slovak:
#! csplain pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *csplain.ini
#! cslatex pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cslatex.ini
#! pdfcsplain pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *csplain.ini
#! pdfcslatex pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cslatex.ini
# Other formats:
# Change "eplain.ini -> ebplain.ini" and "- -> language.dat"
# if you want babel support in eplain:
#! eplain pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx *eplain.ini
# mptopdf utility
mptopdf pdfetex - -translate-file=cp227.tcx mptopdf.tex
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