% hobsub bundle % % Copyright 2019 Oberdiek Package Support Group % %% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the %% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either %% version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later %% version. \documentclass{article} \title{hobsub package} \author{Oberdiek Package Support Group} \date{2019-11-14} \usepackage{url} \raggedright \setlength\parskip{\baselineskip} \begin{document} \maketitle Heiko Oberdiek's \textsf{hobsub} package (and \textsf{hobsub-hyperref} and \textsf{hobsub-generic} packages) defined a mechanism for concatenating multiple files into a single file for faster loading. The disadvantage is that it introduces hard dependencies between the source files that are included and complicates distribution and updates. It was principally used with \textsf{hyperref} but is not currently used in any standard packages in texlive. The packages are still distributed as simple stubs that reference the included packages via \verb|\RequirePackage| rather than copying their source. The documented source of the original packages is available at \url{https://github.com/ho-tex/hobsub} but is not distributed to CTAN. \end{document}