Re: pdflatex failures on big-endian architectures (s390x / ppc64)

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Hello Hilmar,
On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 09:57, The Thanh Han <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Hilmar,
>
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 23:41, Hilmar Preu=C3=9Fe <hille42-S0/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 10/27/23 17:47, The Thanh Han wrote:
>>
>> Hello Thanh,
>>
>> > I have committed the bugfix to pdftex repo.
>> >
>> I've copied the patch from [1], applied it to the Debian source package,
>> rebuilt the package and copied the pdftex binary to /home.. The patch
>> applied cleanly, but the resulting binary did not solve the issue. The
>> pdftex can create the pdf file, but after converting to a text file
>> using gs / pdftotext the issue is not solved.
>>
>> I've copied my binary to /var/tmp/pdftex_hille42_20231027 on that box,
>> could you test it or provide your pdftex executable? The file was not
>> created on that server, but on a Debian box, but this should not matter.
>>
>>
> I tested the binary /var/tmp/pdftex_hille42_20231027 and the pdf output
> has the correct CMap entries. But I haven't tested text extraction yet.
> There
> might be more problems than the one Ross discovered.
>
> I will do some more testing and get back soon.
>
>
I tested the pdf output with pdftotext and gs, and it seems fine.

What are the exact commands that failed?

Regards,
Thanh

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Hilmar,<br></div><div><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at =
09:57, The Thanh Han &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">hanthetha=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddin=
g-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello Hilmar,</div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 23:41=
, Hilmar Preu=C3=9Fe &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:hille42-S0/[email protected]" target=3D"_blank=
">hille42-S0/[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa=
dding-left:1ex">On 10/27/23 17:47, The Thanh Han wrote:<br>
<br>
Hello Thanh,<br>
<br>
&gt; I have committed the bugfix to pdftex repo.<br>
&gt; <br>
I&#39;ve copied the patch from [1], applied it to the Debian source package=
, <br>
rebuilt the package and copied the pdftex binary to /home.. The patch <br>
applied cleanly, but the resulting binary did not solve the issue. The <br>
pdftex can create the pdf file, but after converting to a text file <br>
using gs / pdftotext the issue is not solved.<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve copied my binary to /var/tmp/pdftex_hille42_20231027 on that box, =
<br>
could you test it or provide your pdftex executable? The file was not <br>
created on that server, but on a Debian box, but this should not matter.<br=
><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I tested the binary /var/tmp/pdftex_h=
ille42_20231027 and the pdf output=C2=A0</div><div>has the correct CMap ent=
ries. But I haven&#39;t tested text extraction yet. There</div><div>might b=
e more problems than the one Ross discovered.</div><div><br></div><div>I wi=
ll do some more testing and get back soon.</div><div><br></div></div></div>=
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I tested the pdf output with pdftotext and=
 gs, and it seems fine.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>What are the exact c=
ommands that failed?</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Thanh</d=
iv></div></div></div>

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