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From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root)
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Subject: Re: creating handbook
To: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 13:22:39 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <9601070807.AA11161@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu> from "David E. O'Brien" at Jan 7, 96 00:07:14 am
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In a previous message, David E. O'Brien said:
> 
> > 
> > Ok, I took the handbook down to my FreeBSD machine, used /stand/sysinstall
> > to install tex-3.1415 and latex-2.09 and this is what I get:
> > 
> > > This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1)
> > > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
> > 
> > When I pkg_delete latex-2.09 and installed lates2e, I tried
> > building the handbook, and I get the same errors as on
> > my Sparc, on Contents or cross-links.
> > 
> > What's going on?
> 
> Could you run script (I think FreeBSD has it -- I'm not on my FBSD box
> right now, so I can't check) to capture exactly what you are doing and
> the output messages?

That is exactly the output messages. I do this:

wilee% latex handbook.tex

and I get the above 2 lines.

Paul.

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