Bug#679073: texlive-base: failed during dist-upgrade (/usr/bin/fmtutil: Segmentation fault)

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

Hi Lukasz,

in this email there are *many* questions, try to answer them as good
as possible, this is a very strange error!

On Di, 26 Jun 2012, Lukasz Pakula wrote:
> root@Cawdor:~# pdftex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex  
> -translate-file=cp227.tcx '*etex.ini'
> Segmentation fault
> root@Cawdor:~#

Hmm, what is the status of the following packages:
	libkpathsea*
	texlive-binaries
check it wiht
	COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l 'libkpathsea*' texlive-binaries

Furthermore, can you please set the ulimit -c to a big number, say 1000000,
wiht
	ulimit -c 1000000
and run the etex line again. THen run
	gdb /usr/bin/pdftex core
and at the prompt type
	bt
and send us the output.

It is very strange, and I cannot reproduce it.

Ah and yes, does the same happen when you do
	apt-get install --reinstall texlive-binaries
?

What is your architecture?

Please send the actual binary /usr/bin/pdftex

What is the output of
	which pdftex

Thanks

Norbert

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