[XeTeX] xelatex, hyperref, and new TeXLive

[maxwell]

On 2016-06-15 17:36, David Carlisle wrote:
> I get the same error with texlive 2015 so I don't think there is any
> recent change (since support for hyperref moved to github) that has
> changed this, with texlive 2015:
> 
> (/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/pd1enc.def)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/hyperref.cfg)
> 
> ! Package hyperref Error: Wrong DVI mode driver option `dvipdfmx',
> (hyperref)                because XeTeX is running.

Mysteriouser and mysteriouser.  2015 worked fine for us, it was only 
when we updated to 2016 that we encountered a problem.

But surely there are lots of people out there happily using xelatex and 
hyperref without any problem, right?  Why is this only showing up now?

    Mike Maxwell