pdflatex does not work on win after todays update but does on linux

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 09:06:27PM -0300, George N. White III wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 17:24, Andreas Hirsch <
> cursus.publicus at sacrumromanumimperium.org> wrote:
> 
> I also tried mapping the network share:
> 
> PS D:\TeX\Testing\sample2e>
> '\\localhost\D$\TeX\texlive\2021\bin\win32\pdflatex.exe' sample2e
> warning: kpathsea: //localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/bin/win32: Unrecognized
> variable construct `$/'.
> [... many more kpathsea warnings ]
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021/W32TeX)
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> [... many more kpathsea warnings ]
> entering extended mode
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/sample2e.tex
> LaTeX2e <2021-06-01>
> L3 programming layer <2021-06-01>
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
> (//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdfte
> x.def)
> No file sample2e.aux.
> [... warnings]
> [2] [3] (./sample2e.aux) )
> [... warnings]
> {//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/enc
> /dvips/cm-super/cm-super-ts1.enc}[...
> warnings]<//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fo
> nts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-
> dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021
> /texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texli
> ve/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX
> /texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb><//localhost/
> D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr12.pfb><//loca
> lhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr17.pfb><
> //localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr6.
> pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/
> cmr7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfont
> s/cm/cmr8.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/am
> sfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pu
> blic/amsfonts/cm/cmsy7.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/ty
> pe1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmti10.pfb><//localhost/D$/TeX/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/f
> onts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm1000.pfb>
> Output written on sample2e.pdf (3 pages, 153682 bytes).
> Transcript written on sample2e.log.

So do I understand that if you access a local drive D: with share
syntax '\\localhost\D$' that then pdflatex does not crash?

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg