#508 Minimal example fails to compile in plain TeX

[Hilmar Preuße]

In the Debian tracking system we got a report that the minimal working sample file can't be compiled using plain tex any more. This broken in the latest upload of tkiz/pgf.

------------------- snipp ---------------------
\input tikz
\bye
------------------- snipp ---------------------

Fails to compile using plain tex call. I did not find a patch in your git. Thanks! Hilmar

[Henri Menke]

What is the error? Where is the link to the Debian bug? For me it works without problems on pdftex, luatex, and xetex. Keep in mind that PGF requires e-TeX.

[Roland Rosenfeld]

https://bugs.debian.org/920368
You are right, using etex instead of tex solves this issue.

[Henri Menke]

After recieving more complaints from users of ancient technology, I fixed this in https://sourceforge.net/p/pgf/git/ci/4abefd1fbdcbae6b93afd6e1409097787ad189f1/. Keep in mind that everything that relies on \scantokens is bound to fail, such as the babel and quotes libraries.