[tex-live] pretesttl2016: bibtex and bibtex8 via biblatex produce output that stops pdflatex

[Joseph Wright]

On 23/05/2016 13:29, Endre Oma wrote:
> Hi, I stumpled upon a bug in bibtex and bibtex8, using biblatex, where they
> seem to add a newline if some parameter to a verb is too long. I've added a
> minimum working sample at the end.
> 
> 
> Wrong output:
> --- snip ---
>     \verb{url}
>     \verb
>   https://example.com/some/really/really/long/and/winding/path/to/documen
>     \verb t.html
>     \endverb
> --- /snip ---
> 
> 
> Expected output:
> --- snip ---
>     \verb{url}
>     \verb
> https://example.com/some/really/really/long/and/winding/path/to/documen
>     \verb t.html
>     \endverb
> --- /snip ---
> 
> 
> File mwe.tex:
> \begin{filecontents*}{mwe.bib}
> @online{sampleurl,
>     title={sample},
>     author={{Sample Sampleson}},
>     url={
> https://example.com/some/really/really/long/and/winding/path/to/document.html
> },
> },
> \end{filecontents*}
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \usepackage[backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
> %\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
> \addbibresource{mwe.bib}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 
> See \cite{sampleurl}
> 
> \printbibliography
> \end{document}
> 

Not a TeX Live question, rather a biblatex bug. In any case, I will take
a look at this: will relate to recent changes in the .bst file. Given
the TeX Live DVD is currently being prepared, an update will not happen
until normal additions from CTAN resume.

Joseph