[OS X TeX] pdftex/pdflatex

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.09.2005 um 10:58 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:

> I then saw that pdflatex had its own binary (in 
> /usr/local/teTeX/powerpc...)


Thomas,

you must have introduced some error! As first guess. I upgraded one 
weekend ago to the *EXPERIMENTAL* tex i-Package and have these, 
according to the contents of the i-Package:

pete 386 /\ l /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdf*tex
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:27 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfamstex -> pdfetex
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:21 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfcslatex -> pdfetex
-rwxr-xr-x  1 pete  staff  1191620  7 Sep 23:17 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfetex
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:27 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfjadetex -> pdfetex
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:27 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex -> pdfetex
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:21 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfplatex -> pdfetex
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:27 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdftex -> pdfetex
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin        7 10 Sep 20:27 
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfxmltex -> pdfetex

As you see *I* am the owner of pdfetex, although I can swear a few 
oaths that it was admin who installed the software (and it's usually me 
who uses it). And then there are the pdfcslatex and pdfplatex 
sym-links, which I never ordered and which have inappropriate 
permissions set (and different dates too)! That pdfetex has a date 
earlier than that of my installation is OK, because that's the date 
when it was made by Gerben (and then packed into the new i-Package).

Could be there are bugs in i-Installer 2.70 or the tex i-Packages. 
Which tex i-Package and which i-Installer where you using when exactly?

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

Alle reden vom Wetter - die Bahn fährt nicht.

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