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

Christopher Weedall <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:20:36 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.miktex
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Thanks for the confirmation.  I'll go ahead and add it to the tracker.

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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