[tex-live] mem-error with pdftex and context

Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wwl at musensturm.de
Thu Apr 17 02:04:36 CEST 2003


> > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C
7.3.7x)
> > fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes).
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Why does pdfeTeX need so much memory?
> 
> we may have had an error in the texmf.cnf. look at the memory
> lines in what you have next to context, and see if there is
> an extra zero on the end of one of them
> 
> it seems fine in TeX Live 8
> 
> Sebastian

I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX Live
6 and 7, they are identical.

What else can I do to catch the error?

Wolfgang


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