Recent `hyperref` versions (at least 2024-11-05 v7.01l) break compatibility with `cleverref`.

[falsifian]

I compile the following simple document with hyperref version* 2024-11-05 v7.01l and the latest cleveref release (2018/03/27 v0.21.4) by running pdflatex f.tex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\begin{document}

\section{test}

\end{document}

I see this error:

! Undefined control sequence.
\__socket_refstepcounter_plug_hyperref/fixcleveref:w ...
                                                  {\@currentcounter }}\fi

f.log attached. The same document works with Hyperref 2024-01-20 v7.01h.

f.log

*Sorry for not trying with the latest git commit. I lazily used an older version because the latest hyperref git commit (1b0b2db) doesn't work for me; something about the \IfDocumentMetadataT command not being defined; I guess it needs a newer latex kernel. I see commit af05216 is supposed to fix something about cleveref, but I see version 7.01k when I try that commit, so I assume 7.01l is more recent.

[u-fischer]

Why did you install a local version instead of using the one of your tex system?

[falsifian]

This is with what my tex system comes with. The tex-hyperref-7.01l package from a pkgsrc quarterly release.

I played around with some locally installed versions to try to see if the problem was later fixed.

[u-fischer]

Your class is from /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls but hyperref is in /home/falsifian/texmf/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty. This are two different sources, and obviously they do not match.

[falsifian]

Sorry, I uploaded the wrong log, which must have been from one of my attempts to try a different version. Here, I just ran it again after moving ~/texmf aside so the version in /usr/pkg/share/... gets picked up.

f.log