Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 220380
the included microtype package is old and buggy
Last modified: 2013-07-02 19:19:09 EDT
Description of problem: The microtype package included in tetex is version 1.6a from 02/02/05 which has known bugs. Current release is 1.9f of 2006/09/09 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tetex-3.0-29.fc5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run latex or pdflatex on a file that calls microtype 2. 3. Actual results: Compilation usually aborts with message "Missing endcsname inserted" and needs restarting. Expected results: Compilation should proceed with no error. More recent microtype packages fix this. Additional info: Current CTAN version of microtype is 1.9f of 2006/09/09 and it fixes this problem (earlier versions also did)
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The newer microtype should occur in F9 together with the TeXLive distribution (tetex is obsoleted). Considering FC5 is now EOL, closing WONTFIX.