Bug#421969: texlive-base-bin: Huge number of etex and pdfetex sub-processes created
Package: texlive-base-bin
Version: 2007-7
Followup-For: Bug #421969
While trying to upgrade this package, a huge number of etex and pdfetex
sub-processes were created. Probably hundreds of them ! It ate all my
memory (i.e. more than 2GB of RAM) and I had to kill them by hand to
regain control over my computer. Obviously, the install then fails.
-- Package-specific info:
If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report. Don't forget to also include minimal examples of
other files that are needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps
to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!
If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english)
or
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)
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minimal input file
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root users 1055 2007-05-22 11:12 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2007-04-23 21:47 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-05-22 10:13 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-05-22 10:13 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-04-23 21:47 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2871 2007-05-22 11:12 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3919 2007-05-22 11:12 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1835 2007-05-22 11:12 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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md5sums of texmf.d
25bf3a257a0bedb5c67349c3eaff74af /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
589b39396bf292237eb7ea037cf199f6 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/20xmltex.cnf
e95ae4d6b002ade290425bd74a175a83 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
15cd7cfba075d781fa71dfd994ca72ce /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7952e5392660042fb4b84e67a3b85463 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
7e8f87acdeba48edac16d851c77b9e75 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
e3b19f249b562f21556a3ea2abc17678 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
acf41c0aba2dda442815ad037c7c909e /etc/texmf/texmf.d/96passivetex.cnf.disable
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (800, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18ibm
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on:
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-5.1 PDF rendering library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.3-3 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.6-3 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii texlive-common 2007-6 TeX Live: Base component
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-15 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends:
ii perl-tk 1:804.027-7 Perl module providing the Tk graph
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 3.001 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to:
ii tetex-base 2007-6 TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available)
pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
tex-common/singleuser: true
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