Bug#659680: texlive-xetex: xelatex error: ``(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)"

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

clone 659680 -1
reassign -1 zlib1g
# reason: breaks unrelated software
severity -1 serious
retitle -1 zlib update is not backward compatible, gzeof behaviour change
thanks

>       Error seems to be related to a zlib upgrade. 

Hi Matthew,

yes.

THis is zlib madness. THey cannot upgrade a minor version and
break backward compatibility, and in additon there is no reason
to change this behaviour, they should introduce a new function.

Assigning to zlib, maintainers of zlib, what is your plan here?
Should we patch xetex (and probably many other packages have to be
fixed, too), or do you intend to fix this misbehaviour?

Best wishes

Norbert
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