[tex-live] Strange update this morning
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Sat Mar 16 19:12:59 CET 2013
On Mar 16, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Robert Alessi <alessi at robertalessi.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 07:45:14AM +0100, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> this morning, the TL update looked rather strange (look at the final revision number,
>>> 29349, the same for all the packages):
>>>
>>
>> Since I updated this morning, I can't anymore compile even a minimal
>> XeLaTeX like this one:
>>
>> -----
>> \documentclass{article}
>>
>> \usepackage{fontspec}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> Hello world!
>>
>> \end{document}
>> -----
>>
>> The log reads as follows:
>>
>> -----
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> <argument> \c_keys_code_root_tl
>> fontspec/Ligatures/Historical
>> l.8 ...tureoption{Ligatures}{Historic}{Historical}
>>
>> ?
>> -----
>>
>> Is anybody experiencing the same error after having fetched this
>> update?
>>
>> --
>> Robert
>>
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> The recnt update to expl3 & friends has changed the names of some commands. Will robertson know about the problem and is working on a fix. Until then add the lines
>
> % temp fix for fontspec & unicode-math
> \usepackage{expl3}
> \ExplSyntaxOn
> \providecommand{\tl_length:n}[1]{\tl_count:n{#1}}
> \providecommand{\chk_if_free_cs:N}[1]{\__chk_if_free_cs:N{#1}}
> \ExplSyntaxOff
> % temp fix for fontspec & unicode-math
>
> before the \usepackage{fontspec} (and \usepackage{unicode-math}) and the file will typeset.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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