core dump from dvipdfmx

originally posted on stackexchange

I get a core dump (using linux tl2025 on wsl2/ubuntu)  from

\documentclass[dvipdfmx]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\renewcommand\rmdefault{futs}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}

n°1

\end{document}



with terminal showing

$ latex a04
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.28 (TeX Live 2025) (preloaded
format=latex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./a04.tex
LaTeX2e <2025-11-01>
L3 programming layer <2025-12-29>
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2025/01/22 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty)
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/textcomp.sty)
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fourier/t1futs.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-dvipdfmx.def)
 (./a04.aux)
(/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fourier/ts1futs.fd)
[1] (./a04.aux) )
Output written on a04.dvi (1 page, 256 bytes).
Transcript written on a04.log.
$ dvipdfmx a04
a04.dvi -> a04.pdf
[1dvipdfmx: ../../../texk/dvipdfm-x/pst_obj.c:770: pst_string_release:
Assertion `obj' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)