Re: latex linked to pdfetex ?

> 
> I tried 2.99.6 today and found this links in the new teTeX bin directory:
> 
> ./dvilj6 -> dvilj4
> ./dvigif -> dvipng
> ./mptopdf -> texexec
> ./allec -> allcm
> ./kpsepath -> kpsetool
> ./kpsexpand -> kpsetool
> ./texhash -> mktexlsr
> ./fdf2tan -> texexec
> ./fdf2tex -> texexec
> ./makempy -> texexec
> ./texfind -> texexec
> ./texfont -> texexec
> ./texshow -> texexec
> ./texutil -> texexec
> ./thumbpdf -> texexec
> ./pdfcrop -> texexec
> ./mktexfmt -> fmtutil
> ./ofm2opl -> omfonts
> ./opl2ofm -> omfonts
> ./ovf2ovp -> omfonts
> ./ovp2ovf -> omfonts
> ./latex -> pdfetex
> ./etex -> pdfetex
> ./pdftex -> pdfetex
> ./pdflatex -> pdfetex
> ./lambda -> omega
> ./lamed -> aleph
> 
> most of them looks ok, but latex is linked to pdfetex. Is this really
> correct?

indeed, as advertised.  the latex project suggested doing away with
"tex", making everything e-tex based, and the texlive people realised
we can do with nothing but pdfetex.

> And is initex no longer necessary?

yes: -ini switch on any tex executable causes it to behave like
initex.