Re: \write18 causing fatal error in xetex and xelatex after recent MiKTeX update

Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:13:01 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:17:19 +1000 schrieb Christopher Weedall:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am hoping someone can help me either verify this problem was caused by
> the recent MiKTeX update or how to dig deeper into what is causing the
> problem, if it's only me.

It is not only you. I see it too (I tried in a current miktex NEXT
installation). Using \write18 in a document leads to a xetex crash
(regardless of options like --enable-write18, and also with
--no-pdf). 

I suggest that you add an entry to the bug tracker.


-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/


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