From 9c02d8127357b09db84c4b95b25ee0da2ae461a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ulrike Fischer <fischer@troubleshooting-tex.de>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 20:24:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make no-op MakeLinkTarget behave like hyperref version

---
 base/ltfinal.dtx | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/ltfinal.dtx b/base/ltfinal.dtx
index ac4833404..d4f10d793 100644
--- a/base/ltfinal.dtx
+++ b/base/ltfinal.dtx
@@ -1335,7 +1335,14 @@
 %  \begin{macro}{\NextLinkTarget}
 % \changes{v2.2u}{2022/05/10}{Default definition for targets added}
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\NewDocumentCommand\MakeLinkTarget{sO{}m}{}
+\NewDocumentCommand\MakeLinkTarget{sO{}m}{%
+  \ifvmode
+    \special{}%
+  \else
+    \@savsf\spacefactor
+    \smash{}%
+    \spacefactor\@savsf
+  \fi}
 \NewDocumentCommand\LinkTargetOn{}{}
 \NewDocumentCommand\LinkTargetOff{}{}
 \NewDocumentCommand\NextLinkTarget{m}{}