When trying to use XeLaTeX, you may get a message like:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file ! That is more than five years old. ! ! If you enter to scroll past this message then the format ! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files ! before continuing to build LaTeX. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} ? ! Emergency stop. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} No pages of output. Transcript written on xelatex.log. Error: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed ############################################################################### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c for details. ############################################################################### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed
This is confirmed to be a problem on CentOS 6, Scientific Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Fedora Core 13.
You can correct this issue (as root) by:
cd /usr/var/texmf/web2c xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini
Once you type this you will get the same message, but have the option to press return and generate the file anyway.
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