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vax version of latex omits error messages

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Jun 18 02:13:13 1988

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 88 02:12:38 EDT
From: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU

For some reason, I'm only getting the "?" out of latex when an error
occurs.  The RT version prints the error message and the line causing
the complaint.

 % latex rc
 This is TeX, C Version 2.9 (preloaded format=lplain 88.4.27)
 (rc.tex
 LaTeX Version 2.09 <26 Feb 1988>
 (/usr/sipb/lib/tex/macros/article.sty
 Document Style `article' <5 Feb 88>.
 (/usr/sipb/lib/tex/macros/art10.sty)) (/mit/raeburn/lib/tex/block-comment.tex)
 (rc.aux)
 ? H
 I can't figure out why you would want to use a tab mark
 here. If you just want an ampersand, ....

The RT latex tells me:

 (./rc.aux)
 ! Misplaced alignment tab character &.
 l.49 ...ird-party software?  Kerberos &
					c?  Treat Kerberos
 ?

-- Ken

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