Public bug reported: Texlive in disco seems to be still at TL 2018. However, it seems to contain updated packages wrt comic that also was at TL 2018. The packages in the Texlive mix shipped on Disco do not play well together. This makes it impossible to compile some latex (in fact lualatex) documents as lualatex errors out.
Specifically, Disco includes luaotfloader (the lualatex font loader) at version "2.96" dated 2019-02-14 which is newer than the version shipped in Cosmic. However, Disco still includes microtype 2.7a (the same as Cosmic). Unfortunately, documents using microtype make lualatex error out with this combination breaking latex flows. The issue cannot be easily solved, because the Texlive manager (tlmgr) does not let you update individual packages on a system based on Texlive 2018 now that Texlive 2019 is out, so one cannot use tlmgr to upgrade microtype to 2.7b that would work fine with the luaotf loader shipped with Disco. Other incompatibilities that I have not yet encountered may also exist. I believe that the proper solution to this issue would be to provide Texlive 2019 for Disco. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: texlive-luatex 2018.20190227-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-15.16-generic 5.0.6 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue May 21 18:19:04 2019 EcryptfsInUse: Yes PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: texlive-base UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-05-16 (5 days ago) ** Affects: texlive-base (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829897 Title: Texlive in Ubuntu Disco includes a mix of texlive packages that do not play well together Status in texlive-base package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Texlive in disco seems to be still at TL 2018. However, it seems to contain updated packages wrt comic that also was at TL 2018. The packages in the Texlive mix shipped on Disco do not play well together. This makes it impossible to compile some latex (in fact lualatex) documents as lualatex errors out. Specifically, Disco includes luaotfloader (the lualatex font loader) at version "2.96" dated 2019-02-14 which is newer than the version shipped in Cosmic. However, Disco still includes microtype 2.7a (the same as Cosmic). Unfortunately, documents using microtype make lualatex error out with this combination breaking latex flows. The issue cannot be easily solved, because the Texlive manager (tlmgr) does not let you update individual packages on a system based on Texlive 2018 now that Texlive 2019 is out, so one cannot use tlmgr to upgrade microtype to 2.7b that would work fine with the luaotf loader shipped with Disco. Other incompatibilities that I have not yet encountered may also exist. I believe that the proper solution to this issue would be to provide Texlive 2019 for Disco. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: texlive-luatex 2018.20190227-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-15.16-generic 5.0.6 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue May 21 18:19:04 2019 EcryptfsInUse: Yes PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: texlive-base UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-05-16 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/1829897/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp