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From: ajayshah@aludra.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)
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Subject: PC TEX 386 Installation Bug Report
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Date: 24 Sep 90 18:16:41 GMT
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In the distribution set I got, there were two copies of tex.poo,
both in different directories.

(a) One of these two files was corrupted.  Both are the same
size.  How to find the bad egg: say 'tail tex.poo' at each and
the bad guy has junk, the good guy has english.  (Now the "junk"
could well be german or french or something!)

I killed the bad guy.

(b) In any case, the trouble had been at initex, he'd say
"tex.pool file must start with 2 numbers" when the top of either
tex.poo file felt fine.  He gives this error even when he can't
*find* the file!

I just put the working (noncorrupted) tex.poo file into all
directories concievable.  TEXFMTS, TEXFMTS.386, TEXINPUTS, maybe
a few others.  Basically, carpetbombing.

Now initex works.

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Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu
                              The more things change, the more they stay insane.
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