We were trying to compile the thesis with TeX Live 2018 locally on our computers. When running make clean && make in console, we got
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(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/blx-bibtex.def
Package biblatex Warning: Using fall-back BibTeX(8) backend:
(biblatex) functionality may be reduced/unavailable.
) (/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.def)
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/blx-natbib.def)
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/authoryear.bbx
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/standard.bbx))
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/cbx/authoryear.cbx)
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/biblatex.cfg))
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/enumerate.sty)
(/usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/lbx/english.lbx)
! Package biblatex Error: Patching 'ifthen' package failed.
See the biblatex package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
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l.165 \begin{document}
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I could not find solution to this error anywhere on the Internet. After a few hours of experiment, I found it was this line that caused the problem
\usepackage[a-1b]{pdfx}
If I delete it, I can get the compiled pdf file, but that makes it not compliant with the PDF/A standard.
Next I found there is no problem if this line is placed anywhere after setting up biblatex (\usepackage[...]{biblatex}), or right before \begin{document}.
I am not sure if the template is compatible with older LaTeX environments, but I hope you could update it, or I can send a pull request.
weitzner
commented
5 years ago
We were trying to compile the thesis with TeX Live 2018 locally on our computers. When running
make clean && makein console, we gotI could not find solution to this error anywhere on the Internet. After a few hours of experiment, I found it was this line that caused the problem
If I delete it, I can get the compiled pdf file, but that makes it not compliant with the PDF/A standard.
Next I found there is no problem if this line is placed anywhere after setting up biblatex (
\usepackage[...]{biblatex}), or right before\begin{document}.I am not sure if the template is compatible with older LaTeX environments, but I hope you could update it, or I can send a pull request.