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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-02-26 01:23:54 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-02-26 01:23:54 +0000
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mention pdftex -recorder et al.
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@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ Before reporting a bug, please check below to be sure it isn't already
known (@pxref{Common problems}).
Bug reports should be sent via electronic mail to
-@email{tex-k@@mail.tug.org}, or by postal mail to 135 Center Hill Road /
-Plymouth, MA 02360 / USA.
+@email{tex-k@@mail.tug.org}.
The general principle is that a good bug report includes all the
information necessary for reproduction. Therefore, to enable
@@ -100,13 +99,6 @@ file (and any EPS or other files it uses)---@TeX{} source files are
helpful, but the DVI file is necessary, because that's the actual
program input.
-@cindex shar@r{, recommended}
-GNU @code{shar}, available from @url{ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu} is
-a convenient way of packaging multiple (possibly binary) files for
-electronic mail. If you feel your input files are too big to send by
-email, you can ftp them to @url{ftp://ftp.tug.org/incoming} (that
-directory is writable, but not readable).
-
@item
@cindex context diff
@cindex sending patches
@@ -360,6 +352,15 @@ For example, after @code{setenv TEXMFLOG /tmp/log}, running Dvips on
@noindent Only filenames that are absolute are recorded, to preserve
some semblance of privacy.
+In addition to this Kpathsea-specific logging, @command{pdftex}
+provides an option @option{-recorder} to write the names of all files
+accessed during a run to the file @file{@var{basefile}.fls}.
+
+Finally, most systems provide a general tool to output each system
+call, thus including opening and closing files. It might be named
+@command{strace}, @command{truss}, @command{struss}, or something
+else.
+
@node Common problems
@subsection Common problems