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Package: texlive-latex-extra
Version: 2020.20201129-1
Severity: normal
The dinbrief package (last updated upstream 2000?) is broken now (it
worked before the recent uploads of 20201203):
! Undefined control sequence.
\set@color ...\@pdfcolorstack push{\current@color
}\aftergroup \reset@color
\sbox #1#2->\setbox #1\hbox {\color@setgroup
#2\color@endgroup }
\@item ...i \fi \sbox \@tempboxa {\makelabel {#1}}
\global \setbox
\@labels \...
<to be read again>
\relax
https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/de.comp.text.tex/ORKhTTha9EQ
The following workaround worked for me:
after \begin{document}, insert:
\makeatletter\let\default@color\current@color\makeatother
I don't know whether it is worth fixing this package upstream, or
dropping it,
given that it seems to be dead upstream for 20 years now. I guess I will
try to
switch to scrlttr2.
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Hi Erich,
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, Erich Schubert wrote:
> The dinbrief package (last updated upstream 2000?) is broken now (it worked
> before the recent uploads of 20201203):
Yes, another of those old left-overs.
> I don't know whether it is worth fixing this package upstream, or dropping
As said, upstream = TeX Live and on the TeX Live side we *do*not* fix
these things. That has to go through upupstream (dinbrief author) to
CTAN and from there into TeX Live, and from there into Debian.
Thus, I am closing this bug according to the Debian TeX bug guidelines.
I suggest to follow one of the following paths:
- contact upupstream, that is the author of dinbrief, and ask them to
upload a fixed version to CTAN
- in case this does not work, try to fix the package yourself and upload
a fixed version to CTAN
In any case, if there is a fix on CTAN, it will arrive in Debian.
Best
Norbert
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