latex compilation fails with included graphics

[Richard Kleeman]

The following very simple file (test.tex) fails to compile using pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
 text
\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{ubndens}
\caption{test}
\label{fig:test}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

The error message is

Runaway argument?
"ubndens.eps" \edef \Gin@ext {\Gin@temp }\fi \def \Gin@temp {.ps}\ifx \ETC.
! Paragraph ended before \@tempa was complete.
<to be read again>
                   \par
l.24

?

latex files with no included graphics compile fine. The graphics file is attached.

This problem was seen in other texlive distributions recently (miktex for example) so the problem is likely upstream and might be solved by pulling a more recent texlive distribution such as is done with a ppa.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: texlive-full 2019.20200218-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Mon May 11 17:19:18 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-03-26 (412 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: texlive-base
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-12 (29 days ago)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, could you maybe report it upstream as well if it's a problem there?

[Richard Kleeman (kleeman)]

Sebastien: The Debian testing repository has a release of texlive which is from April rather than February which is the one in focal. It might be useful to try this release before reporting upstream since from what I have read this problem can occur because of issues with the particular release of texlive. It consists of many packages and if they are not properly synced there can be incompatibilities. If you could give me directions for adding the Debian testing repo to focal I can give it a try. I am having problems at present doing this because of absence of GPG keys.....

[Richard Kleeman (kleeman)]

I managed to add the testing repo however the huge number of upgrades proposed to be installed meant this rout was not practical as I don't wish to destabilize my installation. I will look into an upstream bug report.

[Richard Kleeman (kleeman)]

I obtained help on this issue from latex.org. The problem was with my local latex files NOT the system files so this bug can be closed.