[tex-live] Problem with pdflatex under Solaris

[Vladimir Volovich]

"RM" == Ralf Menzel writes:

 RM> I get a gigantic (2091649076694 bytes) PDF file. (The size of the
 RM> graphic a.pdf is only 2640 bytes. I'll attach it to this mail.)

 RM> Is this a know problem? I'm willing to help to solve it. What can I
 RM> do?

yes, it was reported a few days ago by Nelson Beebe on this list.

please download a replacement for the pdftex binary:

  http://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/sparc-solaris/pdftex?revision=10522

(as i understand, it will also be available via the new texlive update mechanism).

Best,
v.