Re: memory dump file not found in MikTeX 2.9

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cornelius C. Noack [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:55 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [MiKTeX] memory dump file not found in MikTeX 2.9
>
> I recently installed  MikTeX 2.9 over MikTeX 2.7 (2.7 still
> active, but in a different folder).
>
> When I tried to run etex, I got the error
>
>                   " etex: memory dump file not found "
>                   " data: etex.fmt
>
> Following instructions (from the "managing memory dump files"
> page), I added `etex' in the `formats' button of the
> `settings' menu; then `etex' showed up seemingly properly in
> the `formats' list. I then ran `update formats' which,
> however, produced the error
>
>                  " miktex-makefmt: Unknown engine: etex "
>
> What am I doing wrong??
>
> (cut)

I investigated a little more and found:

    1) the abovementioned error message says " data: etex.fmt "
       -- to me that means the system is trying to create a
       format file with that name,

    2) but in the formats list in the settings menu it says
       " output file name: etex.efmt " , and that CANNOT
       BE CHANGED by the user because "built-in format
       definitions cannot be changed"
       [ if etex is a built-in format, why does
         the memory dump file not exist
         in the first place ?? ]

    3) is this name discrepancy:
         " `etexe.fmt' built" vs. " `etex.fmt' not found"
       perhaps a bug ??

Should I report it as such, or does anybody have
another explanation ?

ccn.
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   Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack
   Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1
   Universit"at Bremen               Phone    : +49 (421) 218-62031
   Otto-Hahn-Allee                   Fax      :              -4869
   D - 28334  Bremen                 home     : +49 (421)  34 22 36
                                                     Fax:  346 7872
   E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de   or   ccnoack at mailaps.org
   WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack
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