Created attachment 1504756 [details]
Example pdf

Description of problem:

pdfcrop reports an error since upgrading to F29.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

pdfcrop 2012/11/02 v1.38

How reproducible:

For all test cases I could find.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use pdfcrop to crop a pdf
2. Read error message
3. Weep

An example is attached to test on (if required).  The error message reported on my machine is:

$ pdfcrop intermediate_configuration.pdf 
PDFCROP 1.38, 2012/11/02 - Copyright (c) 2002-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf files (in precedence order):
mktexfmt:   /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for writing changes:
mktexfmt:   /home/dbeurle/.texlive2018/texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt [INFO]: writing formats under /home/dbeurle/.texlive2018/texmf-var/web2c
mktexfmt [INFO]: --- remaking pdftex with pdftex
mktexfmt: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=pdftex -progname=pdftex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini' ...
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (INITEX)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/pdfetex.ini
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etex.src
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/plain.tex
Preloading the plain format: codes, registers, parameters, fonts, more fonts,
macros, math definitions, output routines, hyphenation
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex
[skipping from \patterns to end-of-file...]))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/etex/etexdefs.lib
Skipping module "grouptypes"; Loading module "interactionmodes";
Skipping module "nodetypes"; Skipping module "iftypes";)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/language.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex)
! I can't find file `dehypht-x-2014-05-21.tex'.
\addlanguage ...paramE \uselanguage {#1}\input #2 
                                                  \if *#3*\else \input #3 \f...
l.31 ...4-05-21}{dehypht-x-2014-05-21.tex}{}{2}{2}
                                                  
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
\addlanguage ...paramE \uselanguage {#1}\input #2 
                                                  \if *#3*\else \input #3 \f...
l.31 ...4-05-21}{dehypht-x-2014-05-21.tex}{}{2}{2}
                                                  
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on pdftex.log.
mktexfmt [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=pdftex -progname=pdftex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini >&2 </dev/null' return status 1
mktexfmt [ERROR]: return error due to options --strict
mktexfmt [INFO]: Not selected formats: 15
mktexfmt [INFO]: Failed to build: 1 (pdftex/pdftex)
mktexfmt [INFO]: Total formats: 16
mktexfmt [INFO]: exiting with status 1
!!! Error: pdfTeX run failed with value 1!