latex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool

[swenzel]

When trying to create a pdf file I get this error:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
---! //texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

The latex.fmt file itself appears to be fine, the exemplary index.html runs well with texlive.js in its own directory... when I want to use it in my project, it won't work though. Guess it is some weird directory structure or filesystem problem then. From the networking tab of Firefox's devtools I can see that the latex.fmt is requested and received properly, very strange thing. Maybe someone has an idea?

[manuels]

You probably have recompiled the project, right? Then you must use the newly compiled latex.fmt and pdftex.pool. I also experienced some strange issues with caching in Firefox (I think you can try the 'private mode' to check if this is an issue).

[fzimmermann89]

Can you elaborate on the caching issues?

2016-03-18 9:54 GMT+01:00 manuels [email protected]:

You probably have recompiled the project, right? Then you must use the newly compiled latex.fmt and pdftex.pool. I also experienced some strange issues with caching in Firefox (I think you can try the 'private mode' to check if this is an issue).

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[fzimmermann89]

A note on recompiling: You will need emscripten 1.35.5 or newer

2016-03-18 12:58 GMT+01:00 Felix Zimmermann [email protected]:

Can you elaborate on the caching issues?

2016-03-18 9:54 GMT+01:00 manuels [email protected]:

You probably have recompiled the project, right? Then you must use the newly compiled latex.fmt and pdftex.pool. I also experienced some strange issues with caching in Firefox (I think you can try the 'private mode' to check if this is an issue).

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[manuels]

Can you elaborate on the caching issues?

Well, I experienced some strange behavior a while a go: I got this error in Firefox (my default browser) but not in Chrome using exactly the same setup. Then I used the private mode in Firefox and it worked there, too. So I cleared the Firefox cache and I got rid of this error.

[swenzel]

Yes I did recompile it, but I've also tried the original version. I linked the texlivejs directory in my project, therefore it is using the very same files which are also used when I open the index.html from texlivejs directly. I saw that the size of the retrieved latex.fmt differs quite a lot from the proper one so it seems to be indeed a caching issue. But it is a very strange one. Neither a private window nor clearing the cache manually and restarting firefox solves it. In Chrome everything works but I run into memory limitations (which is a different story).