Bug#867566: texlive-latex-extra: pdfcomment tacitly redefines \C
Package: texlive-latex-extra
Version: 2017.20170629-1
Severity: normal
The pdfcomment packages appears to redefine \C, without that being
mentioned in the documentation. This is unfortunate, as \C is a
standard way to typeset the complex numbers. To reproduce the problem,
use the following small test program:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{pdfcomment}
\newcommand{\C}{Hallo Welt!}
\begin{document}
\C
\end{document}
It fails to build unless the second line is removed.
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 80 Oct 12 2015 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1246 Jul 4 16:17 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 24 14:20 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jun 29 04:30 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jun 29 04:30 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jun 29 04:30 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> ../../texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jun 29 04:30 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jun 29 04:30 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2982 Jul 4 16:17 /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 Sep 3 2015 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Jul 4 16:14 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages texlive-latex-extra depends on:
ii preview-latex-style 11.90-1
ii tex-common 6.07
ii texlive-base 2017.20170629-1
ii texlive-binaries 2017.20170613.44572-2
ii texlive-latex-recommended 2017.20170629-1
ii texlive-pictures 2017.20170629-1
Versions of packages texlive-latex-extra recommends:
ii texlive-fonts-recommended 2017.20170629-1
ii texlive-latex-extra-doc 2017.20170629-1
ii texlive-plain-generic 2017.20170629-1
Versions of packages texlive-latex-extra suggests:
ii libfile-which-perl 1.21-1
pn libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl <none>
ii python-pygments 2.2.0+dfsg-1
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.24
ii ucf 3.0036
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 10.2.5
Versions of packages texlive-latex-extra is related to:
ii tex-common 6.07
ii texlive-binaries 2017.20170613.44572-2
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