[OS X TeX] \jobname works in 2013 but not in 2020

[R. Vijay Krishna]

> On Sep 18, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 18, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at freemathtexts.org> wrote:
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>> So, I gave up and now have a new old Mac running TeX Live 2020 under HighSierra alongside the old old Mac running TeX Live 2013 under Snow Leopard.
>> 
>> (Schultz, if you so much as smile, I will drink that case of beer you have yet to pick up which will make me sick as I rather drink wine and that will be on your head.)
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> First, it's nice to hear from you. You've been very quiet recently.
> 
> You never asked but I like wine better than beer too! :-)
> 
>> 
>> I have attached a MWE that works fine with TeX Live 2013 under Snow Leopard but not with TeX Live 2020 under High Sierra.
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>> <MWE.zip>
>> 
>> I really don’t want to change my file setup so I think I really need \jobname.
>> 
>> Best to all,
>> —schremmer
> 
> I immediately run into a problem that the scrpage2 package cannot be found. This is the line in Preamble.sty
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> \usepackage[nouppercase]{scrpage2}
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> where it is loaded.

The package <scrpage2> was part of KOMA-script bundle.  It is now obsolete and deprecated.  A few years ago, KOMA started issuing warnings that it was deprecated as part of the compilation process.

Koma class provides alternatives.  See <https://ctan.org/pkg/koma-script-obsolete>.

Best
Vijay