pdflatex does not work on win after todays update but does on linux

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 11:10:15AM +0200, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 10:59:30AM +0200, Andreas Hirsch wrote:
> > Hi Siep,
> > 
> > Siep Kroonenberg schrieb am 13.06.2021 um 10:51:
> > 
> > > So do I understand that if you access a local drive D: with share
> > > syntax '\\localhost\D$' that then pdflatex does not crash?
> > 
> > I was surprised too!
> > 
> > I tested all variations of invoking pdflatex and compiling sample2e (see
> > screenshot) withour any success.
> > 
> > For the moment I take your statement from your previous mail an will switch
> > to a local installation.
> > 
> > But we should keep in mind this line from
> > http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html#tlaunch
> > 
> > 'TeX Live is designed for shared use: you can install TeX Live on a network
> > for use on client workstations. All it takes is adding TeX Live to the
> > searchpath.'
> > 
> > Something must have changed on windows (or samba?)
> 
> The ISO version still works over samba.

So, as a temporary workaround, you can replace bin/win32.dll and
bin/x86_64-linux/pdftex with the ISO versions and regenerate formats.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg