Index: texk/web2c/synctexdir/ChangeLog
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--- texk/web2c/synctexdir/ChangeLog	(revision 48291)
+++ texk/web2c/synctexdir/ChangeLog	(working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2018-07-27  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
+
+	* synctex_parser_api_level.txt: new file (contents just "2.0").
+	* ac/synctex.ac: use it instead of synctex_parser_version.txt.
+	Per Debian.
+	https://github.com/jlaurens/synctex/issues/23
+	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895980
+
 2018-07-15  Akira Kakuto  <kakuto@fuk.kindai.ac.jp>
 
 	* synctex.c: Fix a bug that Magnification is not correctly
Index: texk/web2c/synctexdir/ac/synctex.ac
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--- texk/web2c/synctexdir/ac/synctex.ac	(revision 48291)
+++ texk/web2c/synctexdir/ac/synctex.ac	(working copy)
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ## texk/web2c/synctexdir/ac/synctex.ac: configure.ac fragment for the TeX Live subdirectory texk/web2c/
-dnl
-dnl Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org>
+dnl Copyright 2018 Karl Berry <tex-live@tug.org>
+dnl Copyright 2014, 2015 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org>
 dnl You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.
 dnl
 dnl Additional code for synctex
 dnl
-m4_define([synctex_version], m4_chomp(m4_include([synctexdir/synctex_parser_version.txt]))[.0])
+m4_define([synctex_version],
+          m4_chomp(m4_include([synctexdir/synctex_parser_api_level.txt])))
 AC_SUBST([SYNCTEXVERSION], [synctex_version])
 KPSE_LT_VERSION([synctex])
 
Index: texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser_api_level.txt
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--- texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser_api_level.txt	(revision 0)
+++ texk/web2c/synctexdir/synctex_parser_api_level.txt	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0