[XeTeX] strange problem when rendering

[Ralf Stubner]

Cyril <cyril.niklaus at gmail.com> writes:

> I now notice that I have 2 versions of it...
> one in /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/xelatex/fontspec/
>    [2006/04/26 v1.9a Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX]
> and the second
> /Users/cyril/Library/texmf/tex/xetex/fontspec/fontspec.sty
>    [2006/06/07 v1.10 Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX]
> which is the one kpsewhich picks up. I've removed the old one and now  
> things work. i don't see why it made a difference, unless kpswhich  
> lies...

kpsewhich does not lie. It probably would have found the old version
when called as

kpsewhich --progname=xelatex fontspec.sty

which is closer to how xelatex actually searches for files.

cheerio
ralf