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gauthma

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[Solved] Lua[La]TeX segfault

After updating texlive-bin to the 2014.34260-1 version, I can't run either luatex or lualatex:

$ lualatex sdf
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.79.1 (TeX Live 2014/Arch Linux) (rev 4971) 
 restricted \write18 enabled.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This happens wether the argument is an actual file or some gibberish characters. The reason I'm posting this here, instead of opening a bug, is that this does NOT happen in root:

# lualatex sdf
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.79.1 (TeX Live 2014/Arch Linux) (rev 4971) 
 restricted \write18 enabled.
! I can't find file `sdf'.2013.30973-10
<*> sdf
    
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name: 

With the previous version of texlive-bin, 2013.30973-10, both luatex and lulatex work properly. Has anyone else found this issue?

Last edited by gauthma (2014-10-12 22:02:17)

cryptica

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Re: [Solved] Lua[La]TeX segfault

I also had this issue, solved it by deleting ~/.texlive.

gauthma

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Re: [Solved] Lua[La]TeX segfault

I also had this issue, solved it by deleting ~/.texlive.

My hat is off to you, sir! So simple, and now it works!

At any rate, judging by the output of the first compile post-removal of ~/.texlive, (which paused slightly while displaying the below message), I'd surmise that something in the old name database b0rked it all up. (Incompatible format maybe?)

luaotfload | db : Font names database not found, generating new one.
luaotfload | db : This can take several minutes; please be patient.(compiling luc: /var/lib/texmf/