Re: 9.0 PDF build broken

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.0 PDF build broken
Date: 2014-05-16 02:27:42
Message-ID: 21084.1400207262@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Mysteriously, commit 6b2a1445ec8a631060c4cbff3f172bf31d3379b9 has broken
> the PDF build (openjade + pdfjadetex) in the 9.0 branch only. The error
> is

> [256.0.28
> ! pdfTeX error (ext4): \pdfendlink ended up in different nesting level than \pd
> fstartlink.

Oh, not that again.

> I have reproduced this on two different platforms, and it affects only
> this branch. I guess this change might have caused the page boundaries
> to shift in an unfortunate way. I seem to recall we have had similar
> problems before. Does anyone remember?

Yeah. This is caused by a hyperlink whose displayed text crosses a page
boundary. The only known fix is to change the text enough so the link
no longer runs across a page boundary. Unfortunately, pdfTeX is pretty
unhelpful about identifying exactly where the problem is. I seem to
recall having posted a recipe about finding such problems.

regards, tom lane

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