Bug#131705: tetex: problem with sidecap-package

[Volker Boerchers <boercher@web.de>]

Package: tetex-base
Version: 1.0.2+20011202

also concerned
Package: tetex-extra
Version: 1.0.2+20011202

perhaps also:
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.7+20011202


Problem:
--------
After updating to the recent tetex-version the sidecap-Package is
broken. The following example used to work for - at least - 2
years. The problem is caused by the \raggedright-statement in the
caption.

-------- t.tex snip -----------
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sidecap}
\begin{document}
\begin{SCtable}
  \begin{tabular}{ll}
    E & 17.3
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{\raggedright a caption}
\end{SCtable}
\end{document}
-------- t.tex snap -----------

-------- t.log snip -----------
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7) (format=latex 2002.1.28)  29 JAN 2002 20:38
**t.tex
(./t.tex
LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>
Babel <v3.7h> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, n
ohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2001/04/21 v1.4e Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2001/04/21 v1.4e Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/sidecap.sty
Package: sidecap 2000/02/04 v1.5d SideCap Package (RN/HjG)

(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty
Package: ifthen 2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
)
\SC@BOXWD=\skip43
\SC@CAPWD=\skip44
\SC@tempdim=\skip45
\c@SC@C=\count87
\SC@BOX=\box26
)
No file t.aux.
\openout1 = `t.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info:    External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font)              <7> on input line 5.
LaTeX Font Info:    External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font)              <5> on input line 5.
! Undefined control sequence.
\\->\let \reserved@e 
                     \relax \let \reserved@f \relax \@ifstar {\let \reserved...
l.9 \end{SCtable}
                 
? 
! Undefined control sequence.
\\->\let \reserved@e \relax \let \reserved@f 
                                             \relax \@ifstar {\let \reserved...
l.9 \end{SCtable}
                 
? 
! Argument of \@caption has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.9 \end{SCtable}
                 
? 
Runaway argument?
\@captype {\@firstoftwo {\let \reserved@e \vadjust \let \reserved@f \nobreak \E
TC.
! Paragraph ended before \@caption was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.9 \end{SCtable}
                 
? 
[1] (./t.aux)

LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get cross-references right.

 ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 312 strings out of 10847
 3172 string characters out of 70946
 46781 words of memory out of 263001
 3323 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+0
 3640 words of font info for 14 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000
 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 23i,6n,20p,175b,405s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,50000b,4000s

Output written on t.dvi (1 page, 312 bytes).
-------- t.log snap -----------

I am using Debian GNU/Linux woody, kernel 2.4.17

best regards,
Volker
-- 
Volker Boerchers, boercher@web.de