On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Chris Travers <chris.trav...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Joseph Wright > <joseph.wri...@morningstar2.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> The 'expiry date' in LaTeX2e was there for good reasons, and reflected a >> desire to avoid buggy and out-of-date software remaining 'in use' for >> too long. However, the situation has changed more recently, as updates >> to LaTeX2e have become very rare and the 'expiry date' was no longer >> appropriate. The latest LaTeX2e release no longer includes an expiry >> date. Clearly, there is not much that can be done directly about the >> older version: if you have it, your options are to update at least that >> file (latex.ltx), or has been suggested earlier to temporarily 'mess >> about' with your system date. > > Thank you for the explanation. It saves me trying the new version to > determine if there is a bug to report. I see there is not. > > Anyway, I have a workaround and that's what is important. > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers >
Just for the record, my workaround is: cd to appropriate directory in /usr/var/texmf/.... xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini I can document it. It will do the job. Best Wishes, Chris Travers -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
