Bug#961648: texlive-latex-base: "LaTeX Error: Command \bbl@foreign@x already defined." when using babel
Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2020.20200522-1
Severity: important
* What led up to the situation?
Updating to the latest version of texlive available in Debian unstable
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apt policy texlive-latex-base
texlive-latex-base:
Installed: 2020.20200522-1
Candidate: 2020.20200522-1
Version table:
*** 2020.20200522-1 500
500 http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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and then trying to compile the following document:
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\RequirePackage{latexbug}
\documentclass{minimal}
%\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}
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leads to the following error message:
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$ pdflatex -recorder mwe.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020/Debian)
(preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./mwe.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
L3 programming layer <2020-04-06>
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexbug/latexbug.sty)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
Document Class: minimal 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class
) (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
! LaTeX Error: Command \bbl@foreign@x already defined.
Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.745 \endgroup}
? X
No pages of output.
Transcript written on mwe.log.
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$ cat mwe.fls
PWD /tmp/babel_debug
INPUT /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /home/foo/.texlive2020/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt
INPUT mwe.tex
OUTPUT mwe.log
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexbug/latexbug.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexbug/latexbug.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
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* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I tried reinstalling the packages.
* What was the outcome of this action?
It did not resolve the issue.
-- Package-specific info:
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the original .sty file, or any other help resource.
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will be closed immediately.
*** The Debian TeX Team is *not* a LaTeX Help Desk ***
If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report.
Please run your example with
(pdf)latex -recorder ...
(or any other program that supports -recorder) and send us the generated
file with the extension .fls, it lists all the files loaded during
the run and can easily explain problems induced by outdated files in
your home directory.
Don't forget to also include minimal examples of other files that are
needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps
to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!
If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at
http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini-en.html (english)
or
http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini.html (german)
##################################
minimal input file
##################################
other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1591 May 26 11:30 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Apr 17 03:25 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 22 14:37 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 22 14:37 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Apr 20 06:26 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 22 14:37 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 May 22 14:37 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3106 May 26 11:30 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Feb 28 2019 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Apr 20 06:26 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on:
ii fonts-lmodern 2.004.5-6
ii tex-common 6.14
ii texlive-base 2020.20200522-1
ii texlive-binaries 2020.20200327.54578-4
texlive-latex-base recommends no packages.
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base suggests:
pn texlive-latex-base-doc <none>
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.19.7
ii ucf 3.0042
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 13.1
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to:
ii tex-common 6.14
ii texlive-binaries 2020.20200327.54578-4
-- no debconf information
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