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Norbert Preining wrote:
# texexec --nonstopmode --fast --make --pdftex cont-en TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.195613 # echo $? 0 #
Can we fix this? The lack of permissions is of course a fake, the problem is that there is a link pdftex -> pdfetex in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/, but no directory pdfetex. But still texexec should return something \not= 0
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