PSTricks: Newly introduced error in package

Question

Consider the following MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}
A
\end{document}

It produces the error

Runaway argument?
] {pgffor.code.tex} 
! Paragraph ended before \ProvidesPackageRCS@i was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.11

How do I fix this?

The only way currently imho is to go back to an older pgf version until pstricks is fixed (I wrote the author already) — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 07 '19 at 17:42
@UlrikeFischer Hi Ulrike. Thanks for the answer. Do you know where I can find an older version of PGF? :-) — Svend Tveskæg, Jan 07 '19 at 17:43
You could try to replace in a local copy of pstricks.tex (you find it in tex/generic) \def\ProvidesPackageRCS{\@ifnextchar[\ProvidesPackageRCS@i{\ProvidesPackageRCS@i[] }}%$ by \def\ProvidesPackageRCS#1{} — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 07 '19 at 17:52
@Herbert to you. I wrote to the tug address mentioned in pstricks.sty. — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 07 '19 at 19:03
@Herbert I was already a bit wondering that you didn't answer. I just sent another mail as test. Did you get it? — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 07 '19 at 19:15
no, there is somthing wrong on my side ... have to investigate — , Jan 07 '19 at 19:20
@Herbert I had sent you spam emails about fancyvrb at that same address... they are not very focused but maybe start reading from the latest (once you get time, nothing urgent) — , Jan 07 '19 at 22:31
@Herbert thanks, I had not noticed yet that your 3.2 update had already silently made its way to my computer... — , Jan 09 '19 at 22:36

Ulrike Fischer · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-20T08:50:50.463

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Update

This fix is no longer needed in current tex systems. MikTeX users should keep in mind that they may have to run the updater in admin and user mode in case the involved packages reside in different trees of a multi-user installation.

Old Answer

Until pstricks has been adapted to the new pgf version you could try to replace in a local copy of pstricks.tex (you find it in tex/generic)

\def\ProvidesPackageRCS{\@ifnextchar[\ProvidesPackageRCS@i{\ProvidesPackageRCS@i[] }}%$

by

\def\ProvidesPackageRCS#1{}

edited Feb 20 '19 at 08:50

answered Jan 07 '19 at 18:07

Ulrike Fischer

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Just to mention that the update has been available in MikTeX and TeX live for quite a while now. So an update of the system should fix things. MikTeX users should keep in mind that they may have to run the updater in admin and user mode in case the involved packages reside in different trees of a multi-user installation (cf. https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/108447/35864 and https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/55437/35864). – moewe Feb 20 '19 at 06:41
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@moewe I have edited the answer. And I really hope that my feature request leads to something, I think we had (at least) five user/admin woes in the last three days. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 20 '19 at 08:51

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '19 at 18:38

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use pstricks.tex from http://archiv.dante.de/~herbert/texnik/tex/generic/pstricks/ or wait one or two days for the update. It has a slightly other solution.

answered Jan 07 '19 at 18:38

I didn't try to make a real solution - suppressing all message are naturally not right. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 07 '19 at 19:04
There is only a problem, if someone uses a development version of pstricks.tex and an old pgf. Later it will be the same as you already suggested. – Jan 07 '19 at 19:10
Sorry. Where is the horizontal 0 labels in my answer here? – Display Name Jan 08 '19 at 17:52

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 15 '19 at 22:38

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For texlive-pstricks in MacPorts, it worked to uninstall and deactivate pgf and then install pgf-devel (on 2019-03-15).

edited Mar 15 '19 at 22:38

Mensch

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answered Mar 15 '19 at 22:17

Julius Smith

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