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After a clean install of Cygwin 64-bit with TeX Live 2014 (all packages), I can no longer use biblatex-chicago cleanly.

MWE:

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{biblatex-chicago}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}
a~\autocite{kastenholz}.
\end{document}

This works with a clean 2013 install. Did something change, or am I doing this wrong?

First error:

! LaTeX Error: \textcitedelim undefined.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.795 \renewcommand*{\textcitedelim}
                                    {%

Second error:

! LaTeX Error: \iffinalcitedelim undefined.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.2765 \renewcommand*{\iffinalcitedelim}
                                        {%
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  • This compiles fine for me (TL 2014 on a Mac). Check the log file to make sure you're not using a local version of biblatex-chicago. – Alan Munn Aug 08 '14 at 19:44
  • (ugh - line breaks; using the default installed by distro; can you see what version you have installed of the following file?) $ head -1 /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-chicago/chicago-notes.cbx

    % $Id: chicago-notes.cbx,v 0.9.7.95 2014/01/29 11:26:57 dfussner Exp $

    (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/blx-dm.def) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/blx-compat.def) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.def) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-chicago/chicago-notes.bbx) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-chicago/chicago-notes.cbx

    ! LaTeX Error:...

     – Jon Aug 08 '14 at 19:57
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    From \listfiles: biblatex-chicago 2013/10/29 v 2.8

    biblatex 2014/06/25 v2.9a chicago-notes.cbx 2014/01/29 v 2.8a

    biblatex2 2014/06/25 v2.9a

     – Alan Munn Aug 08 '14 at 20:15
  • Perhaps that's the issue; I'm using biblatex-chicago.sty 2013/10/29 v 2.8; biblatex.sty 2013/01/10 v2.5; biblatex2.sty 2013/01/10 v2.5; chicago-notes.cbx 2014/01/29 v 2.8a

    Now to figure out how to update biblatex in Cygwin...

     – Jon Aug 08 '14 at 21:05
  • Doesn't tlmgr work? – Alan Munn Aug 08 '14 at 21:12
  • I don't have admin rights on this machine; install was from Cygwin by administrator. I'm not going to be able to test if this is the solution until Monday, though I think that may be it. And that assumes the one with admin rights is here Monday... – Jon Aug 08 '14 at 21:14
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    You should have a local texmf folder that doesn't need admin rights, so you could put it there. It needs to have the correct internal directory structure: see How to have local package override default package for an example of the structure. – Alan Munn Aug 08 '14 at 21:18
  • You need matching biber for biblatex if you use it. (Which is probably so with biblatex-chicago.) – cfr Aug 09 '14 at 02:49
  • Yep - mismatching biblatex and biblatex-chicago versions were the culprit. I'll verify that I'm using the latest version in the Cygwin repositories and file a bug with them about the incompatibility.

    Alan or cfr - do you want to create an answer so I can accept it and give you the credit you both deserve?

     – Jon Aug 11 '14 at 17:29

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This is caused by currently mismatched biblatex and biblatex-chicago versions in the latest Cygwin 64-bit packages.

biblatex 2.8 biblatex-chicago 2.9a

Thanks to Alan Munn in the comments of the original question for helping me track this down.

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