[tex-live] Error with hyperref v6.79b

Joseph Wright joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk
Wed Oct 21 11:24:27 CEST 2009


Uwe Siart wrote:
> I can't tell if this is a TL build defect or a bug in hyperref,
> therefore I post it here and also in cc to Heiko. Please ignore if the
> message appears in the wrong place.
> 
> With the latest update I'm getting an error from the hyperref package if
> the document uses UTF-8 encoding:
> 
> % -------------------------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> \begin{document}
> Test
> \end{document}
> % -------------------------
> 
> gives
> 
> ,----
> | ERROR: Undefined control sequence.
> | 
> | --- TeX said ---
> | \GenericError  ...                                
> |                                                     #4  \errhelp \@err@     ...
> | l.29   Hypertext links for LaTeX]
> `----
> 
> and in hyperref.sty I see the following strange characters:
> 
> \ProvidesPackage{hyperref}
>   [2009/10/19 v6.79b^^a0 % <--
>   Hypertext links for LaTeX]
> 
> The same in the *.def files.
> 

Pops up for me on update from 6.79a to 6.79b. So I guess it's something
recent.
-- 
Joseph Wright


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