Package: texbin Version: 3.1415-4 The following dialog with sh shows how to get latex to dump core. Between LaTeX's "**" prompt and the next line's "[1]+ Stopped...", I pressed C-z.
------------- /var/tmp> ls -la total 3 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 2048 Dec 13 19:24 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Nov 21 04:04 .. /var/tmp> latex This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) ** [1]+ Stopped latex /var/tmp> killall -QUIT latex /var/tmp> fg latex Quit (core dumped) /var/tmp> ls -la total 3984 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 2048 Dec 13 19:25 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Nov 21 04:04 .. -rw------- 1 swift swift 4061704 Dec 13 19:25 core /var/tmp> dpkg --status texbin Package: texbin Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: tex Maintainer: Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 3.1415 Revision: 4 Provides: tex Depends: texlib (>1.0-3), metafont, kpathsea Recommends: latex Optional: textfm Description: TeX - The typesetting system
