Re: Problem with pdfTeX (I'm stymied)

[Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost>]

Ian D. Leroux <idleroux%fastmail.fm@localhost> écrit :
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:31:52 +0100 Marc Baudoin
> <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
> > I never use the TeX system from pkgsrc (I'm using TeX Live
> > outside of pkgsrc) except when it's a dependency of other
> > packages.  math/pari needs it and compilation in math/pari fails
> > when running pdfTeX with the following error message:
> > 
> > /usr/pkg/bin/pdftex develop
> > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (Web2C 2013)
> >  restricted \write18 enabled.
> > ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdftex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
> > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
> > 
> > I checked pdftex on a simple TeX file, I got the same error
> > message (so it's not specific to the way math/pari uses it).
> 
> Is the pkgsrc pdftex somehow picking up files from your independent TeX
> Live install?

As paths are totally different (TeX Live is in
/usr/local/texlive), it should not.

> For instance, which TeX installation created
> /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdftex.fmt ?

Judging from the date, it's been created by the pkgsrc version.