[pdftex] pdftex-1.20a-rc6 is available

[Gerolf]

The Thanh Han wrote:

>Hi,
>
>pdftex-1.20a-rc6 is available (sources + djgpp binaries) at
>pdftex.sarovar.org
>
>this version fixed 2 problems with auto font expansion and margin
>kerning. If no further problem is found, we expect to release pdftex-1.20a soon
>
>Thanh
>
I downloaded the pdfetex djgpp binary dated 2004/07/26.

1. On Windows XP, it crashes during iniTeX run, saying:

   Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
   General Protection Fault at eip=00119033
   eax=fffb0000 ebx=fffb0000 ecx=0000029c edx=fffc0000 esi=00001680 
edi=0000fa18
   ebp=00270370 esp=0027035c program=R:\PROGRA~1\TEXMF\BIN\PDFETEX.EXE
   cs: sel=01a7  base=029c0000  limit=7d62ffff
   ds: sel=01af  base=029c0000  limit=7d62ffff
   es: sel=01af  base=029c0000  limit=7d62ffff
   fs: sel=017f  base=00009740  limit=0000ffff
   gs: sel=01bf  base=00000000  limit=0010ffff
   ss: sel=01af  base=029c0000  limit=7d62ffff
   App stack: [00270420..001f0420]  Exceptn stack: [001f02fc..001ee3bc]

   Call frame traceback EIPs:
     0x00119033
     0x00102f35
     0x00011783
     0x000663f2
     0x001188c6

2. This does not happen on MS-Dos 6.0, but the binary produces broken
PDF output files which Acrobat Reader refuses to open.

Gerolf