Bug#1118385: Non-reproducibility in pdfTeX

Preuße, Hilmar <[email protected]> Mon, 18 May 2026 22:46:24 +0200

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Am 18.05.2026 um 09:20 schrieb Norbert Preining:
> On Sun, 17 May 2026, Hilmar Preuße wrote:

Hello Norbert,

> The question is whether the original reported of the problem (some
> manual) can reproduce it, and if yes, whether it is fixed.
> 
> Stack changes are hard to trigger.
> 

;-)

>> For me it was sufficient to overwrite the \pdfinfo at the command line of
>> pdflatex, as Norbert did:
>>
>> \pdfinfo{/CreationDate(D:20260429034606Z)/ModDate(D:20260429034606Z)}
> 
> I don't think this is enough, since this makes the /ID lines of the PDF
> change.
> 

Yes, correct. I should have posted my "diff -a" earlier. I have only 
seen the difference in the ID only and believed that would have been the 
thing we are looking for. Sorry or confusion!

Hilnar

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