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

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:24:27AM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote:

> 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.

Yes, somehow I accidently succeeded in inserting a
non-break-space (0xA0) after the version number in the .dtx file.
I will update in the afternoon (too bad internet connection now).
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>