Thanks, the patch is not the problem. The problem is that one cannot run pdftex from the build dir. It needs to sit in a TDS to be able to find the config files plus all the tex stuff required to build the fmt file. In my case it could not find texmf.cnf at all, so it used some defaults, hence the error. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Thanh Han The wrote:

you can try to compile pdftex from sources, but without your patch.

1. if it works, then the problem is likely with the patch.

2. if not, the problem is likely with your tex config.

Thanh

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 02:34:45PM +0300, Vasile Gaburici wrote:

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I'm not sure that anyone reads pdftex@tug.org, so I'm trying my luck on this list:

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vasile Gaburici Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM Subject: Rebuilding pdftex gives ---! Must increase the hyph_size (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) To: "pdftex@tug.org"

I've applied a small patch (unrelated to hyphenation) to pdftex 1.40.9 sources and I've successfully recompiled it. But when I try to use it against the TeXLive 2008 tree (without overwriting the old binary), I'm getting this:

fmtutil: /home/vga/.texlive2008/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt installed. ---! Must increase the hyph_size (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

Changing the hyph_size in texmf.cnf doesn's help. Any hints what could be wrong? _______________________________________________ ntg-pdftex mailing list ntg-pdftex@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex

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