Re: Current texlive-full package fails

> On Jul 19, 2025, at 11:26, Pamela Ballantyne <boyvalue@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Using the pkg downloaded today from the pkg servers.
> 
> I took my issue to the tex-live list at tug, and got this information from David Carlisle:
> 
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> Your log shows you are using a prerelease of the June 2025 latex. A current texlive starts
> 
> LaTeX2e <2025-06-01> patch level 1
> 
> not
> 
> LaTeX2e <2025-06-01> pre-release-2 (develop 2025-6-24 branch)
> 
> Note this list reaches the maintainers of the upstream texlive, if your linux distribution is distributing an older version, especially a pre-release version then you need to take it up with them. Note the pre-release version should only have been installed as pdflatex-dev  not pdflatex.
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> 
> Here's a repeatable example:
> 
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> \documentclass{amsbook}
> 
> \begin{document}
> \chapter{chapter}
> \section{Algebraic}
> 
> foo bar
> 
> \end{document}
> ========================================
> 
> This fails with:
> 
> ===========================================================================
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.27 (Web2C 2025) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./Test.tex
> LaTeX2e <2025-06-01> pre-release-2 (develop 2025-7-8 branch)
> L3 programming layer <2025-01-18>
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amscls/amsbook.cls
> Document Class: amsbook 2020/05/29 v2.20.6
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
> For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty))
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
> (./Test.aux) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
> (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd)
> Chapter 1
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \@secmark ...t \@nilgobble \@temptokena \@themark
>                                                   {}\@nil \edef \@tempa {\@n...
> l.4 \chapter{chapter}
> 
> ? x
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on Test.log.
> 
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Hi,

This does not mention like how you installed luatex and what you actually
ran.

However although upstream mentions that using latest package it's easier
said than done. The way CTAN packages are released with no specific
version info in the dist file it is not easy to port/package a CTAN
package. As the upstream might change the upstream distfile while we
are not aware the version has changed and our build system will fail
because the checksums will no longer match. Because the file name is
always the same. Due to this reason we actually package/update tex
related ports only once a year when texlive releases their yearly
release.

For your case I would advise you to remove everything related to tex
and install only tlmgr. Then install the latex-base ctan package using
tlmgr. Or install any other packages you require.

Kind regards,
Moin