Re: [MiKTeX] problems with latest update | xstring error

[Evan C. <eva...@gm...>]

Confirmed, and solved. There is a problem with the MikTeX xstring 
package -- its missing xstring.tex. So, (i) download xstring.zip from 
CTAN, (ii) pull out the xstring.tex file, (iii) copy it into the xstring 
folder in miktexz/tex/latex/xstring, and then (iv) rebuild the DB.

On 12/19/2018 7:13 PM, Evan Cooch wrote:
> Tried applying latest updates, and several files which compiled 
> successfully yesterday now fail - error seemingly related to the 
> xstring package, which I don't call explicitly in any of the files I'm 
> working with, but which - apparently - is called by something else. 
> Before the update, the installed version was "1.7c / Wed Oct 23 2013". 
> The latest "source" shown in the update application is "1.81 / Tue Dec 
> 2018". If I apply the update, and try a compile I get the following error:
>
>
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\l3kernel\expl3-code.tex)
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\l3kernel\l3dvips.def)))
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\siunitx\siunitx.sty
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\tools\array.sty)
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\l3packages\l3keys2e\l3keys2e.st
> y) 
> (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\translator\translator.sty)))
>  (C:\Users\egc\Desktop\egc\text\MikTeX\tex\latex\xstring\xstring.sty
> ! I can't find file `xstring.tex'.
> l.1 \input xstring.tex
>
> Please type another input file name:
>
> So, apparently, it can't "find" xstring.tex"
>
> which doesn't surprise me, since there is no xstring.tex file, but 
> there is an xstring.sty file (the first line of which is
>
> \input xstring.tex
>
> I'm guessing this is a resurfacing of a bug reported here: 
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/80478/miktex-can-t-find-xstring
>