latex has to be run interactively now because it stops
at points where it needs to write to files that it should
create on its own, namely *.aux files.  I have a latex file
that won't compile under RH 5.2 that compiled fine under RH
5.1.  There were no changes to the file before trying to
recompile it.  This particular latex file calls other latex
files and thats where the problem seems to be.
Note that I can compile simple, single latex files with no
problem.