Re: bib module and pdftex 1.40.7: Virtual memory exhausted using MiKTeX-2.7

["luigi scarso" <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 8:01 PM, George N. White III <gnwiii@gmail.com> wrote:
> Consider the trivial test file:
>
>   -------------------------------------
> % example from: <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography>
> % Format using:
>  %   $ texexec --once t-cont
> %   $ bibtex t-cont
> %   $ texexec t-cont
> \usemodule[bib]
> \usemodule[bibltx]
> \setupbibtex[database=xampl]
> \starttext
> As \cite[article-full] already indicated, bibtex is a \LaTeX-centric
> program.
>  \completepublications
> \stoptext
>    -------------------------------------
>
> Following instructions:
>    -------------------------------------
> > texexec --once bibdemo
> TeXExec | processing document 'bibdemo'
>  TeXExec | no ctx file found
> TeXExec | tex processing method: context
> TeXExec | writing option file bibdemo.top
> TeXExec | using randomseed 595
> TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex
> TeXExec | tex format: cont-en
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.7 (MiKTeX 2.7)
>  entering extended mode
> (bibdemo.tex
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2008.01.28 21:28 MKII  fmt: 2008.2.18  int: english/english
> [....]
>
> Output written on bibdemo.pdf (2 pages, 42919 bytes).
> Transcript written on bibdemo.log.
>
> pdftex: Virtual memory exhausted while trying to reserve 8 bytes for table
> ???.
> TeXExec | runtime: 2.828
>   -------------------------------------------
>
> I don't see this on my linux machines with older versions of ConTeXt and
> pdftex.
>  Simple LaTeX documents and ConTeXt documents that don't use the bib module
> don't give the error, so it looks like the bib module reveals a bug in
> pdftex-1.40.n,
> for some n larger than 3.
No problems here in a linux box with

ConTeXt  ver: 2007.04.17
pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.7


ConTeXt  ver: 2008.01.28 21:28 MKII  fmt: 2008.2.20  int: english/english
pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.7


ConTeXt  ver: 2008.01.28 21:28 MKIV  fmt: 2008.2.20  int: english/english
This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.22.0-2008021609
This is build 915, created on 20071128T092554Z
Compiled with libpng 1.2.15; using libpng 1.2.15
Compiled with zlib 1.2.3; using zlib 1.2.3
Compiled with xpdf version 3.01




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