[tex-live] Strange update this morning

[Robert Alessi]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 02:10:08PM -0500, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
> On Mar 16, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Robert Alessi <alessi at robertalessi.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 07:45:14AM +0100, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> this morning, the TL update looked rather strange (look at the final revision number,
> >> 29349, the same for all the packages):
> >> 
> > 
> > Since I updated this morning, I can't anymore compile even a minimal
> > XeLaTeX like this one:
> > 
> > -----
> > \documentclass{article}
> > 
> > \usepackage{fontspec}
> > 
> > \begin{document}
> > 
> > Hello world!
> > 
> > \end{document}
> > -----
> > 
> > The log reads as follows:
> > 
> > -----
> > (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg
> > ! Undefined control sequence.
> > <argument> \c_keys_code_root_tl 
> >                                fontspec/Ligatures/Historical
> > l.8 ...tureoption{Ligatures}{Historic}{Historical}
> > 
> > ?
> > -----
> > 
> > Is anybody experiencing the same error after having fetched this
> > update?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Robert
> > 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Hmmm... your sample file compiles fine here (although that fix I gave is for other problems we've seen on the MacTeX list). I'm using the file
> 
> \listfiles
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \begin{document}
> Hello world!
> \end{document}
> 
> and get the file list (up to date as of this AM in Chicago using the <http://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet> repository).
> 
> *File List*
>  article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>   size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> fontspec.sty    2013/02/25 v2.3 Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
>    expl3.sty    2013/03/12 v4467 L3 Experimental code bundle wrapper
>  l3names.sty    2012/12/07 v4346 L3 Namespace for primitives
> l3bootstrap.sty    2013/01/08 v4420 L3 Experimental bootstrap code
>     etex.sty    1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB)
> l3basics.sty    2013/01/10 v4428 L3 Basic definitions
>  l3expan.sty    2013/02/03 v4458 L3 Argument expansion
>     l3tl.sty    2013/01/08 v4415 L3 Token lists
>    l3seq.sty    2013/01/12 v4434 L3 Sequences and stacks
>    l3int.sty    2013/01/13 v4444 L3 Integers
>  l3quark.sty    2012/11/04 v4268 L3 Quarks
>    l3prg.sty    2013/02/13 v4459 L3 Control structures
>  l3clist.sty    2013/01/08 v4414 L3 Comma separated lists
>  l3token.sty    2013/01/10 v4428 L3 Experimental token manipulation
>   l3prop.sty    2013/01/09 v4423 L3 Property lists
>    l3msg.sty    2013/01/08 v4412 L3 Messages
>   l3file.sty    2013/01/14 v4446 L3 File and I/O operations
>   l3skip.sty    2013/01/13 v4444 L3 Dimensions and skips
>   l3keys.sty    2013/02/24 v4461 L3 Experimental key-value interfaces
>     l3fp.sty    2013/01/19 v4449 L3 Floating points
>    l3box.sty    2013/01/08 v4411 L3 Experimental boxes
> l3coffins.sty    2012/09/09 v4212 L3 Coffin code layer
>  l3color.sty    2012/08/29 v4156 L3 Experimental color support
> l3luatex.sty    2012/08/03 v4049 L3 Experimental LuaTeX-specific functions
> l3candidates.sty    2013/03/09 v4466 L3 Experimental additions to l3kernel
>    ifpdf.sty    2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
>   xparse.sty    2013/03/12 v4467 L3 Experimental document command parser
> fontspec-patches.sty    2013/02/25 v2.3 Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
> 
> fixltx2e.sty    2008/08/10 v1.1mf fixes to LaTeX
> fontspec-xetex.sty    2013/02/25 v2.3 Font selection for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
>  fontenc.sty
>   eu1enc.def    2010/05/27 v0.1h Experimental Unicode font encodings
>   eu1lmr.fd    2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
> xunicode.sty    2011/09/09 v0.981 provides access to latin accents and many oth
> er characters in Unicode lower plane
>  eu1lmss.fd    2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
> graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>   keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
> graphics.sty    2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>     trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
> graphics.cfg    2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
>    xetex.def    2013/02/04 v0.95 LaTeX color/graphics driver for XeTeX (RRM/JK)
> 
> fontspec.cfg
>    t3cmr.fd    2001/12/31 TIPA font definitions
>  ***********

I diffed to two lists.  It appears that you have fixltx2e.sty
2008/08/10 v.1.1mf while I have 2006/09/13 v.1.1m: two years of
difference! How may that be possible?

You also have fontspec-xetex.sty 2013.02.25 v.2.3 while I have
2012/05/06 v2.2b.  I suspect this is where my problem comes from.

-- 
Robert