[OS X TeX] strange biblatex error - should I run mktexlsr?

[Murray Eisenberg]

Mystery solved:

 In ~/Library/texmf/web2c I still had an old .fmt for the book-length document that I had fashioned out of its preamble.

As soon as I trashed that .fmt, the document compiled normally.

My memory (from last working on the document a couple of months ago) was jogged after I worked around the langbasque issue by adding 

	\NewBibliographyString{langbasque}
	\NewBibliographyString{frombasque}

 to the preamble. But when I next latex’ed the document, I got a really weird error about a mismatch of character width, and that got the little gray matter working harder.

Thank you for your indulgence!

> On 18 Feb2021, at 4:34 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just used TLU to reinstall biblatex. But still the same error! From the log:
> 
> 
> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english' -> 'mylanguagestrings'
> ...
> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'mylanguagestrings.lbx' found.
> 
> (/Users/murray/Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/mylanguagestrings.lbx
> File: mylanguagestrings.lbx 
> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english'...
> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'english.lbx' found.
> 
> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx
> File: english.lbx 2020/08/23 v3.15a biblatex localization (PK/MW)
> )
> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english'...
> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'english.lbx' found.
> 
> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx
> File: english.lbx 2020/08/23 v3.15a biblatex localization (PK/MW)
> 
> 
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx:571: Pack
> age xkeyval Error: `langbasque' undefined in families `blx at lbx’.
> 
>> On 18 Feb2021, at 3:35 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com <mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 1:44 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 18 Feb2021, at 1:24 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com <mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx:571: Pack
>>>>> age xkeyval Error: `langbasque' undefined in families `blx at lbx'.
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> Hmmm... in /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx I see a definition of langbasque on  line 473; line 571 is the end of that structure list. Are you up to date?
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> And in /Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx I have the referenced file mylanguagestrings.lbx which includes the following:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From the information given I assume there is a missing ~ in front of /Library/texmf/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx.
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry I can't be more helpful.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> According to answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/583988/13492 <https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/583988/13492>, the issue is my biblatex installation not being up to date. But:
>>> 
>>> 	- I have run the TexLive Utility to keep everything up to date;
>>> 
>>> 	- kpsewhich biblatex.sty leads me to the file version 3.16 dated 2020/12/31, yet …
>>> 
>>> 	- in the log (from a file listing) I see: biblatex.sty    2020/08/23 v3.15a programmable bibliographies (PK/MW)
>>> 
>>> So I don’t know what to do to force use of biblatex 3.16.
>>> 
>>> Yes, I unintentionally elided the ~ in the path to my mylanguagestrings.lbx .
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
>>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101	
>>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I believe that the log file gives the full path to biblatex.sty at the point where it's being loaded; e.g., for a sample file I see
>> 
>> ...
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.sty
>> Package: biblatex 2020/12/31 v3.16 programmable bibliographies (PK/MW)
>> ...
>> 
>> Are you sure you're using TeX Live 2020?
>> 
>> You could use TLU to force a re-install of biblatex if really needed.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> herbs at wideopenwest.com <mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>
>> 
>> 
> 
> ---
> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
> 503 King Farm Blvd #101	
> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334
> 
> 

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Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
503 King Farm Blvd #101	
Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334


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