Segmentation Fault while loading format file

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2021-06-28 at 16:37:33 +0200, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:

 > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:42:34AM +0200, Martin Preen wrote:
 > > Hi all,
 > > we currently have a problem with TL on i386-linux platforms.
 > > The error appeared after one of the updates last week.
 > >
 > > #> latex qwerty.tex
 > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021) (preloaded format=latex)
 > >  restricted \write18 enabled.
 > > Segmentation fault
 >
 > This is because format file differences have crept in between 32-bit
 > and 64-bit platforms. This has been fixed in the sources, but not in
 > the binaries, because of the small number of people affected, and
 > because there is a workaround:
 >
 > users can create a private pdflatex format file with a command
 >
 > fmtutil-user --byfmt pdflatex
 >
 > A drawback is that per-user format files are not automatically
 > updated when needed.

You could also try the binary I compiled from the current sources

  http://ms25.ddns.net/texlive/x86_64-linux/pdftex.gz
  http://ms25.ddns.net/texlive/x86_64-linux/pdftex.gz.sha256

Regards,
  Reinhard

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