[l2h] [Fwd: Bug#385276: latex2html: 100% CPU and 100% RAM when compiling an itemize with no item in it]

[Roland Stigge]

Hi Ross,

thanks for your reply.

Ross Moore wrote:
> By pre-testing with LaTeX before running a LaTeX2HTML job,
> the error will be detected.
> 
> This has always been the recommended way to use LaTeX2HTML,
> and indeed is a *requirement* when there are symbolic links
> and/or figure-captions that need to be resolved.
> 
> 
> 
> OK, it would be nicer in LaTeX2HTML dealt more sympathetically
> with the problem. But it has never been part of its design
> to try to catch and work-around all possible LaTeX errors.

Would it easily be feasible to make latex2html stop where latex stops?

Thanks,

Bye,
  Roland