"KB" == Karl Berry writes: VV> odd things noticed on AIX: 1) pdftex prints some garbage to VV> terminal and to the log instead VV> 1) pdftex prints some garbage to terminal and to the log instead VV> of the list of preloaded fonts. here is the diff between terminal output VV> on aix and solaris: VV> (/mnt/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex VV> [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).] VV> ) <use cgolfer.pdf> [1{/mnt/Maste VV> -r/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map} <./cgolfer.pdf>] (./test.aux) )2004 VV> -612640pen_name_prefix(ur_file_name?lose_name_suffix2004612640pen_name_prefix?ur VV> -_file_name?lose_name_suffix2004612640pen_name_prefixxur_file_name?lose_name_suf VV> -fix2004612640pen_name_prefix?ur_file_name?lose_name_suffix VV> +r/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map} <./cgolfer.pdf>] (./test.aux) ) +t/Master/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb> +nts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr12.pfb> +mti12.pfb> VV> Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 40672 bytes). VV> Transcript written on test.log. KB> Possibly a compiler bug? Anyway, if it only happens on AIX, I KB> fear you're the only one who can debug it ... i've debugged it. it appears to be caused by a misfeature (or bug) of the C pre-processor: writet1.c contains #define t1_log(s) tex_printf("%s",s) and then constructs such as t1_log(open_name_prefix); t1_log(cur_file_name); get pre-processed to tex_printf("%open_name_prefix",open_name_prefix); tex_printf("%cur_file_name",cur_file_name); instead of tex_printf("%s",open_name_prefix); tex_printf("%s",cur_file_name); i fixed this by changing the define to #define t1_log(str) tex_printf("%s",str) grepping texlive sources shows that this is probably the only place which could cause such problem. i'd like to ask pdftex maintainers to apply this patch to their master sources and to texlive tree: --- texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c +++ texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const char _svn_version[] = "$Id$ $URL: http://scm.foundry.supelec.fr/svn/pdftex/branches/stable/source/src/texk/web... $"; -#define t1_log(s) tex_printf("%s",s) +#define t1_log(str) tex_printf("%s",str) #define get_length1() t1_length1 = t1_offset() - t1_save_offset #define get_length2() t1_length2 = t1_offset() - t1_save_offset #define get_length3() t1_length3 = fixedcontent? t1_offset() - t1_save_offset : 0 i've commited a fixed aix binary which now correctly shows the fonts. Best, v.