[OS X TeX] hyperref error?

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 26, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> On 27/05/2011, at 8:57 AM, David Arnold wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Does compile on our macbooks when we use latex. But we have hyperref v6.81z on our macbooks. On our linux machine, we have hyperref 6.82g. Is that the problem?
> 
> Where did you get this version from?
> The latest that I could find on CTAN was 6.82f .
> Your test file worked fine on my MacBook with this...
> 
>  ... but there was no loading of these:
> 
>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/hobsub-hyperref.sty
>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty
>>>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>>>> l.3814 \@PackageInfoNoLine
>>>>                        {etexcmds}{%
> 
> 
> This seems to be where the error lies.
> So unless Heiko gave you a special update --- to solve a problem that
> you faced, and no-one else knows about --- then go back down to  6.82f .
> Maybe that will give you a fully consistent setup.
> 
> 
>> 
>> D.
>> 
>> 
>> On May 26, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David Arnold wrote:
>> 
>>> Herbert, Here is part of the script we use on our system, which has some metapost, pstricks, and tikz graphics used in its files:
>>> 
>>> if ($os eq 'osx') {
>>>  print "\nStarting gen_questions.pl ...\n";
>>>  system "$macbin/gen_questions.pl $testbank --preview=$macqinclude $secondarg";
>>>  print "\nStarting latex ...\n";
>>>  system "latex --shell-escape $testbank-preview.tex";
>>>  system "dvips -o $testbank-preview-pics.ps $testbank-preview.dvi";
>>>  system "ps2pdf -dAutoRotatePages=/None $testbank-preview-pics.ps $testbank-preview-pics.pdf";
>>>  system "pdflatex  --shell-escape $testbank-preview.tex";
>>>  system "rm $testbank-preview.dvi $testbank-preview-pics.ps $testbank-preview.aux q1111-*.*";
> 
> Is there a link where we can see the output from your system?
> It would seem to be an automated way to produce test papers
> or quizzes, similar to our MacQTeX system.
> 
>    http://rutherglen.ics.mq.edu.au/~macqtex/   
> 
> Maybe there is stuff there that we can learn from each other.
> We run on a Mac OSX server.
> 
> 
> 
>>> 
>>> David
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Ross

Howdy,

I must have gotten it via TLU (via tlmgr) since I certainly didn't update hyperref myself.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)