On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Peter Münster wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 10 2010, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> i get empty pages in the case of a * but that can be simply because
>> a * might not be in a filename on windows
>
> Ok, I can rename the file.
>
> But I think, the behaviour is so strange, that there is somewhere a hidden
> bug.
>
> Strange, because 2*8 is the only file in
> http://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/arranging
> with that problem.
>
> 3*8, 5*8, 2*6, 2*7, 2*9  -> ok
> 1*8, 2*8, 4*8            -> not ok
>
> page=1 -> ok
> page=2 -> not ok
>
> file in current directory -> ok
> file in ./testdir         -> not ok
>
> linux-32bit -> ok  (reported by Hongwen)
> linux-64bit -> not ok
>
> context run by Taco  -> ok
> context run by Peter -> not ok :(

Strange indeed. You original test file runs perfectly fine here:

$uname -a 
Linux .... 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 19 00:07:49 CEST 2010 
x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

$context --version

MTXrun | main context file: 
/opt/context-minimals/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex
MTXrun | current version: 2010.09.05 13:23

Aditya