Re: Possible byte-order problems in TeX format files with -rc1

On 02 Feb 2003, [email protected] spake:
> Format generated on sparc-unknown-linux-gnu, TeXing on i586-pc-linux-gnu:
> 
> This is TeXk, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.0)
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> latex: fatal: Item 6 (=1192) of .fmt array at 81df168 <-268435455 or >1020.

Just spotted the version number. Bad sign.

I expect, now, that there is no bug, merely a moronic operator error.


... yep, it works now I've created the appropriate symlink and am
actually running the right bloody version.

Oops. Sorry to waste your time.


(There should be a warning on the label: `Do not upgrade when ill'...)

>> I have just successfully used a i366-linux generated format file
>> (tex.fmt and latex.fmt) on a sparc-solaris. So, I don't see anything
>> wrong...
> 
> I do, alas :(

... no longer.

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