[tex-live] repeated xelatex call destroys pdf output

[Norbert Preining]

Hi all,

here down at Debian we got a bug report which I can easily reproduce
with upstream TeX Live.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907784

What happens is that when xelatex *first* compiles the document,
everything is fine.

It also generates a .aux file which somehow disturbes xelatex, because
on the second run when the .aux file is read the output is a completely
broken pdf.

$ pdfinfo newfile1.damaged.pdf 
Syntax Error: Couldn't read xref table
Syntax Warning: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
Syntax Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
Syntax Error: Couldn't read xref table
$

I tried uncompressing it with pdftk but that converted the damaged file
into a good and working one.

I am having a hard time understand what might be wrong. It is also not
trivial to reduce this example to a minimal one, thus I refrain from
posting the files here, but only include the links:
TeX files:
	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=2;bug=907784;filename=test.tar.bz2;msg=5
Images:
	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=2;bug=907784;filename=pic.tar.bz2;msg=10

I can send the .tex, the .aux file, or whatever might be useful to
debug.

It would be great if someone can help tracking down this strange bug.

Thanks

Norbert

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