[tex-live] Update a Package

[Lars Madsen]

Steven Woody wrote:
> On 23 February 2010 12:59, Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> wrote:
>> On Di, 23 Feb 2010, Steven Woody wrote:
>>> I've download a new version package pgfplots 1.3 from CTAN, but I
>>> don't know how to update my existing old version of the package.  My
>>> system is texlive 2009 Windows.  In the 'update' tab of the tlmgr user
>>> interface, only a 'texlive infra' appears in the package list.
>> First update *only* the infra structure stuff (texlive.infra) and
>> after that you will probably see many more updates, including the
>> one for pgfplots.
>>
>> From the command lined (cmd.exe) you can simply call
>>        tlmgr update --self --all
>> and everything will be updated.
> 
> MY GOD!  I did what you said, and after finished, i failed compile my files:
> 
> (c:/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer/themes
> ines.sty
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \Gm at rmargin ->\Geom at rmargin
> 
> l.52 ...ext margin left=1em,text margin right=1em}
> ?
> 
> what's going on?  please help, thanks
> 
> 
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Norbert
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> 
> 
> 

that is a beamer error caused by a geometry update

the fix is mentioned in an earlier posting, see the lines marked with a 
single leading - and +

--- beamerbasecompatibility.sty.orig	2010-02-16 17:38:19.000000000 +0800
+++ beamerbasecompatibility.sty	2010-02-16 17:55:45.000000000 +0800
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
  %
  % Fix for older versions of geometry
  %
-\ifx\ifGm at compatii\@undefined%
+%% After geometry v5.0 there is no 'compat' code.
+\ifx\Gm at lmargin\@undefined%
  \def\Gm at lmargin{\Geom at lmargin}\def\Gm at rmargin{\Geom at rmargin}
  \else
  \geometry{includeheadfoot}

Karl mentioned that he had already fixed this and send it of to CTAN?



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