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Errors while using “german” in pdflatex



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I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
usepackage{german}
usepackage[german]{babel}

begin{document}
Tach auch
end{document}


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOption{captionsCurrentOption}

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.








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  • usepackage{german} should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel.

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    just now
















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I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
usepackage{german}
usepackage[german]{babel}

begin{document}
Tach auch
end{document}


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOption{captionsCurrentOption}

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.








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    – egreg
    just now














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I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
usepackage{german}
usepackage[german]{babel}

begin{document}
Tach auch
end{document}


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOption{captionsCurrentOption}

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.








share














I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
usepackage{german}
usepackage[german]{babel}

begin{document}
Tach auch
end{document}


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOption{captionsCurrentOption}

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.






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  • usepackage{german} should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel.

    – egreg
    just now



















  • usepackage{german} should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel.

    – egreg
    just now

















usepackage{german} should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel.

– egreg
just now





usepackage{german} should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel.

– egreg
just now










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