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On 7/17/2012 12:48 PM, Keith Lindsay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I attempt to run latex on a simple .tex file (attached), I get the
> following error message:
>
> $ latex polynom.tex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Cygwin)
> restricted \write18 enabled.
> ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
>
> I've attached the output from running "cygcheck -svr".
>
> I appreciate any suggestions for what I can do to resolve this.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith Lindsay

Hi,

Based on Ken's response, I reinstalled texlive-collection-latex and no 
longer get the error message from above. I'm inferring that something 
went wrong with the previous install and that the reinstall corrected 
the problem.

Keith


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