texlive-install: core dumped

[Ken Brown]

On 6/29/2013 8:26 AM, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> Ken Brown, 29.06.2013 13:42:49:
>> Have you installed texlive-collection-formatsextra?  If not, I think
>> this is to be expected.  In any case, it can be ignored unless you use
>> mltex.
>>
>>> `xetex -ini  -jobname=xetex -progname=xetex -etex xetex.ini' failed
>>> `xetex -ini  -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini'
>>> failed
>>
>> Have you installed texlive-collection-xetex?
>
> I think I have them all, as controlled by default-setup.

I'm not sure what you mean by "default-setup", but there are no texlive 
packages installed by default.  You have to choose them, or choose 
something that requires them.

> fmtutil: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=amstex -progname=amstex
> -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini' ...
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Cygwin)
> (INITEX)
>   restricted \write18 enabled.
>   (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
> entering extended mode
> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/amstex/config/amstex.ini
> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/plain.tex
> Preloading the plain format: codes, registers, parameters, fonts, more
> fonts,
> macros, math definitions, output routines, hyphenation
> (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex)) (/bin/amstex
> ! Missing $ inserted.
> <inserted text>
>                  $
> <to be read again>
>                     ^^A
> l.1 ...^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^N^^_º^^N^^@Ž Í!ž^^A
>                                                    LÍ!This program
> cannot be ...
>
> ?
> ! Emergency stop.
> <inserted text>
>                  $
> <to be read again>
>                     ^^A
> l.1 ...^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^@^^N^^_º^^N^^@Ž Í!ž^^A
>                                                    LÍ!This program
> cannot be ...
>
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on amstex.log.
> Error: `pdftex -ini  -jobname=amstex -progname=amstex
> -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini' failed
>
> And more.

Strange.  I have no idea what went wrong there.

>
> It would be really helpful to be able to find the stackdumps produced
> during setup.

Sorry, I don't know about that.

Ken

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