diff -Nur tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3.orig/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
--- tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3.orig/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx	2004-03-14 04:19:52.000000000 +0200
+++ tetex-base-3.0.dfsg.3/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx	2009-06-03 12:56:44.000000000 +0300
@@ -527,17 +527,17 @@
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-!  That is more than five years old.^^J%
-!^^J%
-!  If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format^^J%
-!  will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files^^J%
-!  before continuing to build LaTeX.^^J%
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^^J%
++=================================================================^^J%
+|  You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file^^J%
+|  That is more than five years old.^^J%
+|^^J%
+|  If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format^^J%
+|  will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files^^J%
+|  before continuing to build LaTeX.^^J%
++=================================================================^^J%
 }
-   \errhelp{To avoid this error message, obtain new LaTeX sources.}
-   \errmessage{LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
+   \typeout{To avoid this error message, obtain new LaTeX sources.}
+   \typeout{LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
 \fi
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 \fi