> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:40:11 +0100 > From: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > > > ./..//C/ctexi2any --force --conf-dir ./../perl/t/init/ --conf-dir > > ./../perl/init --conf-dir ./../perl/ext -I ./formatting -I formatting/ -I > > ./ -I . -I built_input -I built_input/non_ascii --error-limit=1000 -c > > TEST=1 --output formatting/out_parser/split_nocopying_split_dev_null/ > > --info --split-size 1 -o /dev/null ./formatting/split_nocopying.texi > > > formatting/out_parser/split_nocopying_split_dev_null/split_nocopying.1 > > 2>formatting/out_parser/split_nocopying_split_dev_null/split_nocopying.2 > > failed with status 5 > > > > "Status 5" means it crashed with the Windows equivalent of SIGSEGV. > > > > It also crashes if I invoke the above command manually. I thought I'd > > try to debug this, but ctexi2any is stripped of debug symbols. Could > > you tell me how to prevent symbols from being stripped? which Makefile > > to change and where? > > We do not do anything special regarding stripping debug symbols, as far > as I can tell. When I want debugging symbols in the build, I set CFLAGS > and PERL_EXT_CFLAGS through configure at top level like that: > > our_CFLAGS='-g' > ./configure ...... "CFLAGS=$our_CFLAGS" "PERL_EXT_CFLAGS=$our_CFLAGS"
OK, I will see what I can do with this. > > I also tried "make install" in this configuration. That revealed the > > following problems: > > > > . it installs bin/texi2any.exe, but the dependency DLLs are not in > > the same directory, they are in lib/texi2any/bin, so the program > > cannot run > > Based on your previous reports, that it more or less what I expected and > I do not have an idea on how to fix that while still doing the > installation as usual and not in system directories... The easiest, I think, will be to copy the DLLs into the directory where texi2any.exe is installed (in addition to the directory where they are already copied by "make install". That is, on Windows there will be two copies of each DLL installed, not one. > Overall, this calls for marking more clearly ctexi2any as > experimental for this release... Agreed.
