One workaround that worked for me was to manually download the titlesec
package from CTAN: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/titlesec?lang=en.
Then, either change the \usepackage to point to where you placed the new
titlesec.sty, or just unpack the entire package right next to the tex
file. It should overw
Public bug reported:
The titlesec package does not work properly after distribution upgrade
to 16.04LTS.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a tex document and include titlesec
2) Create some sections headers via \section{Some section}
3) Run pdflatex/lualatex/xelatex
What should happen
The section sh