"Martin Schröder" writes:

compiling trunk currently fails:

This is TIE, CWEB Version 2.4. (Web2C 7.5.6) Copyright (c) 1989,1992 by THD/ITI. All rights reserved. (../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web) (../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tex.ch0) (../../../src/texk/web2c/tex.ch) (../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.ch) ....500....1000....1500....2000....2500....3000....3500....4000....4500....5000....5500....6000....6500....7000....7500....8000....8500....9000....9500....10000....10500....11000....11500....12000....12500....13000....13500....14000....14500....15000....15500....16000....16500....17000....17500....18000....18500....19000....19500....20000....20500....21000....21500....22000....22500....23000....23500....24000....24500....25000....25500....26000....26500....27000....27500....28000....28500....29000....29500....30000....30500....31000....31500....32000....32500....33000....33500....34000....34500....35000....35500....36000....36500....37000....37500....38000....38500....39000.. (No errors were found.) ./tangle ../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftex.web pdftex.ch This is TANGLE, Version 4.5 (Web2C 7.5.6) *1*17*25*38*54*72*99*110*128*133*151*180*191*217*221*225*229*238*274*290*311*319*322*343*354*388*430*492*515*539*567*611*620*673*680*692*696*705*729*813*853*872*892*941*986*1035*1065*1074*1093*1116*1141*1154*1203*1230*1311*1383*1474*1507*1515*1517*1634*1855*1864*1866*1878*1887*1890 Writing the output file.....500.....1000.....1500.....2000.....2500.....3000.....3500.....4000.....4500.....5000.....5500.....6000.....6500.....7000.....7500.....8000.....8500.....9000.....9500.....10000.....10500.....11000.....11500.....12000.....12500 Done. 1781 strings written to string pool file. (No errors were found.) srcdir=../../../src/texk/web2c /bin/sh ../../../src/texk/web2c/web2c/convert pdftex Lost newline somehow. ../../../src/texk/web2c/web2c/convert: conversion of pdftex.p failed, moving dregs: ../../../src/texk/web2c/web2c/convert: mv pdftex[0-9].c pdftexini.c pdftexd.h pdftexcoerce.h /tmp make[1]: *** [pdftexd.h] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ms/tex/pdftex/svn/trunk/source/build/texk/web2c' make: *** [pdftexbin] Error 2

What does this "Lost newline somehow." mean, i.e. what's wrong?

No newline at end of file? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum