pdflatex does not work on win after todays update but does on linux
Siep Kroonenberg
siepo at bitmuis.nl
Sun Jun 13 11:10:15 CEST 2021
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 10:59:30AM +0200, Andreas Hirsch wrote:
> Hi Siep,
>
> Siep Kroonenberg schrieb am 13.06.2021 um 10:51:
>
> > So do I understand that if you access a local drive D: with share
> > syntax '\\localhost\D$' that then pdflatex does not crash?
>
> I was surprised too!
>
> I tested all variations of invoking pdflatex and compiling sample2e (see
> screenshot) withour any success.
>
> For the moment I take your statement from your previous mail an will switch
> to a local installation.
>
> But we should keep in mind this line from
> http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html#tlaunch
>
> 'TeX Live is designed for shared use: you can install TeX Live on a network
> for use on client workstations. All it takes is adding TeX Live to the
> searchpath.'
>
> Something must have changed on windows (or samba?)
The ISO version still works over samba.
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Siep Kroonenberg
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