Bug#995485: texlive-latex-base: pdflatex generates an invalid PDF file: parentheses not escaped
Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2021.20210921-1
Severity: normal
On the following LaTeX file
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
Test: float.
\end{document}
I get a PDF file containing
/PTEX.Fullbanner (This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian) kpathsea version 6.3.4/dev)
The parentheses should be escaped, like in the past, where one got:
/PTEX.Fullbanner (This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 \(TeX Live 2020/Debian\) kpathsea version 6.3.2)
This issue was found by Ken Sharp:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704478#c5
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minimal input file
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3484 2021-09-23 21:15:37 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2021-09-04 11:34:08 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2021-09-21 04:32:32 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2021-09-21 04:32:32 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2021-09-06 03:09:41 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2021-09-21 04:32:32 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2021-09-21 04:32:32 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5155 2021-09-22 10:30:17 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2014-10-21 02:46:09 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2021-09-06 03:09:41 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on:
ii fonts-lmodern 2.004.5-6.1
ii tex-common 6.17
ii texlive-base 2021.20210921-1
ii texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1
texlive-latex-base recommends no packages.
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base suggests:
ii texlive-latex-base-doc 2021.20210921-1
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.20.9
ii ucf 3.0043
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 13.5.2
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to:
ii tex-common 6.17
ii texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
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