Bug#1138207: tex-common: failure for hilatex.fmt

Am 29.05.2026 um 13:41 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:

Hello Vincent,

> Building format(s) --all.
>          This may take some time...
> fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
> /tmp/fmtutil.wa6bvEAf.bz2
> Please include this file if you report a bug.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):
>   old tex-common package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
> Processing triggers for install-info (7.3-2) ...
> install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/maxima-index-html.lisp.gz'
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   tex-common
> 
> I've attached this /tmp/fmtutil.wa6bvEAf.bz2 file.
> 

A failing setup of tex-common is seldom an issue in tex-common itself 
Until now I failed to reproduce the issue, even when calling fmtutil-sys 
--all that format is not created, I'll try to have a closer look tomorrow.

> I can see:
> 
> [...]
> fmtutil [INFO]: log file copied to: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/mllatex.log
> fmtutil [INFO]: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/mllatex.fmt installed.
> fmtutil [INFO]: --- remaking hilatex with hitex
> fmtutil: running `hitex -ini   -jobname=hilatex -progname=hilatex -etex -ltx hil
> atex.ini' ...
> This is HiTeX 2.0, TeX version 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2026) (INITEX)
> entering extended mode
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/hitex/base/hilatex.ini
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg)
> ./texsys.aux found
> 
> 
> \@currdir set to: ./.
> 
> 
> Assuming \openin and \input
> have the same search path.
> 
> 
> Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser.
> 
> catcodes, registers, parameters,
> LaTeX2e <2025-11-01>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.ltx
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3-code.tex
> ! Use of \??? doesn't match its definition.
> <argument> \???
>                   ! LaTeX Error: Charcode requested out of engine range.
> l.35568   }
>             
> ! Use of \??? doesn't match its definition.
> <argument> \???
>                   ! LaTeX Error: Charcode requested out of engine range.
> l.35568   }
>             
> 

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