[luatex] warning (pdfe lib): no valid pdf file

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Wed, 21 Jun 2023 01:18:49 +0200 schrieb Reinhard Kotucha:

> luatex aborts with the messages:
> 
>    warning  (pdfe lib): no valid pdf file 'rules.pdf'

> As an example I attach the file rules.pdf, created by Ghostscript.

The pdf is faulty. It claims that the xref is at byte 9808, but it
is actually at 9807.

WARNING RD1: Error loading xref: expected "xref" found "ref" at byte
9808


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Ulrike Fischer 
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