Closes: #5960

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sphinx-doc · Jan 17, 2019 · 2a9bd41 · 2a9bd41
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@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Bugs fixed
   in an admonition
 * #5231: "make html" does not read and build "po" files in "locale" dir
 * #5954: ``:scale:`` image option may break PDF build if image in an admonition
+* #5960: LaTeX: modified PDF layout since September 2018 TeXLive update of
+  :file:`parskip.sty`
 
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diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -220,7 +220,13 @@
 % For floating figures in the text. Better to load after float.
 \RequirePackage{wrapfig}
 % Separate paragraphs by space by default.
-\RequirePackage{parskip}
+\IfFileExists{parskip-2001-04-09.sty}% since September 2018 TeXLive update
+% new parskip.sty, but let it rollback to old one.
+% hopefully TeX installation not broken and LaTeX kernel not too old
+   {\RequirePackage{parskip}[=v1]}
+% standard one from 1989. Admittedly \section of article/book gives possibly
+% anomalous spacing, but we can't require September 2018 release for some time.
+   {\RequirePackage{parskip}}
 % For parsed-literal blocks.
 \RequirePackage{alltt}
 % Display "real" single quotes in literal blocks.