[OS X TeX] etex versions

[Joachim Kock]

>I believe (I'm sure someone will correct me if necessary) that it is still possible, with Web2C 7.5.3, to build a "true" etex executable, and this would also use .fmt as the format file extension.
>
>However, teTeX-based distributions, at least, appear to be using the single pdfetex executable, running with different options depending on the wrapper name. So I don't know how likely it is that you'll actually encounter such a version of etex, unless you specifically choose to build it.

Thanks again.  Final question, just to make sure I understood it correctly:

Web2C 7.5.2 is the last version where etex is an binary on its own
(by default)

and

Web2C 7.5.2 is the last version where etex uses .efmt extension

Correct?

Cheers,
Joachim.
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