Ubuntu
texlive-base package

beamer fails to handle the xcolor package options

Bug #1989737 reported by Raphael
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tex-live
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texlive-base (Ubuntu)
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Jammy
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Bug Description

There is a bug in beamer v3.65 which is fixed in beamer v3.66. A full description along with the workaround you currently have to use is given at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/641909/package-option-for-xcolor-is-not-being-properly-used-in-beamer .

It would be great if an updated version of texlive with the newer version of beamer could be packaged up for jammy.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: texlive-full 2021.20220204-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51-generic 5.15.46
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Sep 15 15:59:03 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (773 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: texlive-base
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Raphael (drraph) wrote :
Raphael (drraph)
description: updated
Raphael (drraph)
summary: - Package option (for xcolor) is not being properly used in beamer
+ Bug in beamer with fix in v3.66
Robie Basak (racb)
summary: - Bug in beamer with fix in v3.66
+ beamer fails to handle the xcolor package options
Changed in texlive-base (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Triaged
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Robie Basak (racb) wrote :

Upstream fix here: https://github.com/josephwright/beamer/commit/f769f2ff60f3ade9b920f743ff65b46e5013758a

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Raphael (drraph) wrote :

Note that if we are not updating the version number the license requires they mark it as not the same beamer as everyone else has.

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote :

Apparently upstream don't want us to cherry-pick the fix. It's probably fine legally, but I don't think it's worth getting into that given that I was only volunteering my time to try and help.

Setting Won't Fix since it seems that this is unlikely to get fixed in Jammy then. I've not checked the status in the development release. If an Ubuntu developer wants to drive fixing this, or a volunteer finds an Ubuntu developer willing to sponsor a fix, then feel free to reopen.

Changed in texlive-base (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Changed in tex-live:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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