Package: texlive-games
Version: 2021.20220204-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: Asher Gordon <AsDaGo@posteo.net>
File: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty
Dear Maintainer,
The file /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty (used
by the LaTeX files generated by Scid) uses "\input english.sty" instead
of "\usepackage[english]{babel}". This causes a lot of errors when
compiling a LaTeX file that uses the chess package. If the errors are
ignored (e.g. by using "-interaction nonstopmode"), then the compiled
document has a lot of garbage at the start.
The following is a minimal example that produces the error:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{chess}
\begin{document}
This is a test.
\begin{chess}
1.~e4 c5 2.~Nf3 Nc6
\end{chess}
\end{document}
The test.fls file produced by "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -recorder test.tex" is attached below:
PWD /tmp/tmp.mH6e5epKvE INPUT /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf INPUT /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf INPUT /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt INPUT test.tex OUTPUT test.log INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/english.sty INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-english/english.ldf INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/texfonts.map INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/chess/chess20.tfm INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/chess/chessf10.tfm INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr6.tfm INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmsy6.tfm INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def INPUT ./test.aux INPUT test.aux INPUT test.aux OUTPUT test.aux OUTPUT test.pdf INPUT /var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map INPUT test.aux INPUT /home/asher/.texlive2021/texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/chess/chessf10.600pk INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb
The following change resolves most of the errors:
--- /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty~ 2022-04-01 15:57:17.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chess/chess.sty 2022-04-01 16:26:46.228383005 -0400
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
%
% Do we have language support? Otherwise take default language!
%
-\ifx\undefined\babel@core@loaded\input english.sty\fi
+\ifx\undefined\babel@core@loaded\usepackage[english]{babel}\fi
\def\@set[#1#2](#3){%arguments: [a-h1-8](<letter>)
However, I am unsure if there was a reason "\usepackage[english]{babel}"
was avoided (perhaps for compatibility with TeX as opposed to LaTeX). So
I am not sure if the above patch is the best solution.
Also, even after replacing "\input english.sty", one error remains: an
undefined control sequence \resetat. If the "\resetat" command is
removed from chess.sty or replaced with "\relax", the error is resolved,
though this may produce other problems. I don't think this is related to
bable, but rather the definition of "\resetat" at around line 46 in
chess.sty. Unfortunately, I do not know enough TeX to understand this
error.
Thanks,
Asher
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ii texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1
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