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Hyperref option clash error because unknown package requires/loads it too

I am currently hunting for errors in my template and these two I cannot solve after reading the log and researching: ! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package hyperref. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX ...
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Complex latex document: how to locate offending package dependency [solved: was using dirty build] [closed]

For final distribution, certain appendix includes the pdfpages package. However, appendices should be skipped for normal "draft" versions, or while working on individual chapters. I am having ...
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How to get error messages from pdflatex tool (specially running from php)

I am executing pdflatex from php script and it gives me very long list of log entries mixed with errors e.g system('/usr/texbin/pdflatex -output-directory=./temp/tex '.$tex_output . " 1> ...
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Makeindex error when ! used in \index in align environment

See MWE below. The symbol ! in the \index causes an error. This is only the case in align environments (not in equation). So it seems to have to do something with amsmath. If ! is put in an \mbox ...
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pdftex and interaction=batchmode and xwatermark

I try to compile this file: \documentclass[10pt,openany,titlepage]{book}% \usepackage{lipsum}% \usepackage{xcolor}% \usepackage[printwatermark,default-first-page=10]{xwatermark}% ...
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error when generating index

The .ilg file is fulll of errors, and no \index command is accepted. This is makeindex, version 2.15 [TeX Live 2011] (kpathsea + Thai support). Scanning input file thesis.idx... !! Input index error ...
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Can I redefine an environment to generate an error?

I know how to use \renewenvironment to redefine an environment, but instead of changing formatting, I'd like to have any use of the environment generate an error (log and abort). Is there a way to do ...
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Use latexmk to filter the log file

I am usually using latexmk in a split shell with my code on the left and latexmk in -pvc mode on the right. When using some packages which themselves load a lot of other packages (think beamer) the ...