<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>there's not much that can be done at tex-live, if you provide a test case to the l3 repository github we could check if any change is intentional</div><div><br></div><div>I notice</div><div><br></div><div>\documentclass{article}<br><br>\usepackage{index}<br><br>\begin{document}<br><br>a<br>\end{document}</div><div><br></div><div>produces a warning</div><div><br></div><div>LaTeX Warning: Command \markboth has changed.<br> Check if current package is valid.<br><br><br>LaTeX Warning: Command \markright has changed.<br> Check if current package is valid.</div><div><br></div><div>which is due to some internal changes in the mark commands meaning a patch doesn't match but that's unrelated to the l3 backend</div><div>what error are you seeing?</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 at 12:38, Herbert Schulz via tex-live <<a href="mailto:tex-live@tug.org">tex-live@tug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Howdy,<br>
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The index package no longer works with the most recent l3backend. It's been around a long time without being updated (last update, a beta, in 2004) and the documentation doesn't seem to list a contact point for the author.<br>
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Good Luck,<br>
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Herb Schulz<br>
<a href="mailto:herbs2@mac.com" target="_blank">herbs2@mac.com</a><br>
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