[Tex/LaTex] Help with xkeyval crashing pax/pdfpages

incompatibilitypdfpagesxkeyval

I'm preparing a document, and after trying to load some of my self-made style files, it started crashing. It is apparently the same problem as in [texhax] latest xkeyval breaks pdfpages and fancytooltips, which sadly seems to have no responses.

 

I could boil this down to the following minimal example (using TexLive 2010 on Ubuntu Linux): 

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xkeyval} % comment to have compilation pass
\usepackage{pax}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

\begin{document}

Test

\includepdf[scale=1,addtotoc={1,subsection,2,My PDF Document,mypdf-doc}]{mypdf-doc.pdf}

\end{document}

When \usepackage{xkeyval} is uncommented, then pdflatex fails with: 

! Package xkeyval Error: `scale' undefined in families `PAX@Gin'.

See the xkeyval package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.11 ...ument,mypdf-doc}]{mypdf-doc.pdf}

If xkeyval is not loaded, then compilation passes fine.

 

Does anyone have an idea how I could "cheat" pdflatex, so xkeyval and pdfpages can coexist? xkeyval.pdf says:

2) ‘name’ undefined in families ‘fams’
(error)

The key name is not defined in the families in fams. Probably you mistyped name.

… but my problem is, I have no idea which of the style files I included through my homemade style files actually includes xkeyval – so I was hoping maybe there was a way to cheat xkeyval – maybe by somehow "defining" scale for the family PAX@Gin ?! If anyone knows if and how would this be possible, it would be great to hear an answer 🙂

EDIT: Here: CTAN package update: xkeyval it is also claimed a fix has been released for this; apparently, I'm not having it ?! The file in my TexLive distribution says: 

\ProvidesPackage{xkeyval}
  [2008/08/13 v2.6a package option processing (HA)]

Best Answer

it seems the trick to avoid 'scale' undefined in families 'PAX@Gin' is to add: 

\makeatletter
\define@key{PAX@Gin}{scale}{}
\makeatother

... so now the entire minimal file that passes compilation is:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xkeyval} 
\usepackage{pax}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

% \presetkeys[PAX@Gin]{scale}{num=}{} % no work

% this work:
\makeatletter
\define@key{PAX@Gin}{scale}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

Test


\includepdf[scale=1,addtotoc={1,subsection,2,My PDF Document,mypdf-doc}]{mypdf-doc.pdf}

\end{document}

Hope this will do in my big document too :)

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