Package: texlive-pictures
Version: 2026.20260527-3
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream patch
Hi,
spath3.sty in Debian sid has a simple, known bug[1] that causes
compilation errors; this bug can be fixed using the attached patch.
One can trigger it by compiling this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{spath3}
\begin{document}
Hello.
\end{document}
which fails with:
! LaTeX Error: Variant form same as base form '\spath_maybe_split_curve:NNn'.
For immediate help type H <return>.
...
l.3104 ...\spath_maybe_split_curve:NNn {NNn, NNV }
?
Thanks for your work!
Regards
[1] https://github.com/loopspace/spath3/issues/37
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-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
--- usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/spath3/spath3.sty 2024-05-31
23:39:19.000000000 +0200
+++ usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/spath3/spath3.sty.fixed
2026-06-03 15:51:47.641975932 +0200
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@
\tl_set:Nx #2 {\tl_item:Nn \g__spath_output_tl {2}}
\tl_gclear:N \g__spath_output_tl
}
-\cs_generate_variant:Nn \spath_maybe_split_curve:NNn {NNn, NNV }
+\cs_generate_variant:Nn \spath_maybe_split_curve:NNn { NNV }
\cs_new_protected_nopar:Npn \spath_maybe_gsplit_curve:NNn #1#2#3
{
\__spath_maybe_split_curve:n {#3}
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@
\tl_gset:Nx #2 {\tl_item:Nn \g__spath_output_tl {2}}
\tl_gclear:N \g__spath_output_tl
}
-\cs_generate_variant:Nn \spath_maybe_gsplit_curve:NNn {NNn, NNV}
+\cs_generate_variant:Nn \spath_maybe_gsplit_curve:NNn { NNV }
\cs_new_protected_nopar:Npn \__spath_split_curves:n #1
{
\group_begin:
