[tex-live] exam + babel => latex hangs

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Hi,

(I've also reported this problem as a Debian bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/724724)

The following document causes pdflatex or latex to hang:
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\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question[2] Test
\end{questions}
\end{document}
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It also hangs if I replace french with german.
It does not hang if I replace '\question[2]' with '\question' (2 is
supposed to be the number of points for that question.

latex output:
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$ latex brokentex.tex 
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./brokentex.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <3.9f> and hyphenation patterns for 19 languages loaded.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/exam/exam.cls
Document Class: exam 2011/05/22 Version 2.4 by Philip Hirschhorn
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def))
(/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-french/frenchb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def)))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/carlisle/scalefnt.sty)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty) (./brokentex.aux)
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fls file:
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PWD /home/lucas/Desktop/brokentex
INPUT /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt
INPUT brokentex.tex
OUTPUT brokentex.log
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/exam/exam.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/exam/exam.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/texfonts.map
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/jknappen/ec/ecrm1000.tfm
INPUT /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
INPUT /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-french/frenchb.ldf
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-french/frenchb.ldf
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/carlisle/scalefnt.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/carlisle/scalefnt.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
INPUT brokentex.aux
INPUT brokentex.aux
OUTPUT brokentex.aux
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I'm using the following Debian packages:
texlive-latex-extra        2013.20130918-1
tex-common                 4.03
texlive-base               2013.20130918-1
texlive-binaries           2013.20130729.30972-2
texlive-latex-recommended  2013.20130918-1
texlive-pictures           2013.20130918-1

Thanks,

Lucas