[tex-live] [pretest] xetex cannot handle pstricks

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2011-06-03 at 15:38:06 +0900, Vladimir Lomov wrote:

 > ** Reinhard Kotucha [2011-06-03 08:19:11 +0200]:
 > 
 > > On 2011-06-03 at 12:31:08 +0900, Dohyun Kim wrote:
 > 
 > >> It turns out that including eps files, say \includegraphics{golfer.eps},
 > >> fails as well upon using TL11's xelatex.  So this issue seems to be
 > >> related to new xdvipdfmx binary, not pstricks.  AFAIK pstricks has not
 > >> been changed from that of TL10.
 > 
 > I tried to compile document to XDV format by xelatex (TL10 and TL11),
 > both work fine, but xdvipdfmx from TL11 doesn't work on either XDV.
 > 
 > > It seems that the function which generates random strings is using
 > > slashes (directory separators).  These are not allowed in file names:
 > 
 > >> -sOutputFile='/var/folders/yy/yy1ikAmvHwyDgTq8YbvHJk+++TI/-Tmp-//dvipdfmx.P9ozl8fZ'
 > 
 > IMO, no it doesn't. On my system the -sOutputFile part is ok (in sense:
 > it uses single '/'), besides AFAIU double slashes won't hurt (many times
 > use '//' somewhere in path for 'coreutils' programs).

The '//' is valid, of course.  What I'm actually wondering about is
the large number of nested directories.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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