Backward compatibility of Beamer problem - Keyval error

Question

I'm stuck with a problem for compiling a "not so old" beamer document I've made last year, and it seems that there is a big problem of backward compatibility between my new version of beamer (3.33) and the one I used before (3.24). here is a minimalist example that compile with the older version and not the newer :

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
      \tableofcontents[currentsection,othersections,hideothersubsections,hidesubsections]
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[margin=0pt]

\end{frame}
\end{document}

here are the relevant output of the compiler :

the older :

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> 
Babel <3.9f> and hyphenation patterns for 6 languages loaded. 
Document Class: beamer 2012/10/15 development version 3.24 A class for typesett ing presentations (rcs-revision 24853e6b98cf)

the newer :

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)
[...] 
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> Babel <3.9k> and hyphenation patterns for 6 languages loaded.
[...] 
Document Class: beamer 2013/12/02 3.33 A class for typesetting presentations (rcs-revision 332bfd3ce558)
[...] 
! Package keyval Error: othersections undefined. 
[...] 
! Package keyval Error: margin undefined.

There are a other keys that trigger exactly the same kind of error (bg, fg). Is it a known problem ? I could'nt find relevant answer on the web, and would welcome any solution other than keep compiling on my old computer or rewrite my presentations. Maybe a package to load, or somthing like that ? or a magic incantation ?

Thanks for reading, many thanks if you have answers ;)

Out of curiosity: What is the effect of this othersections option? — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Jun 10 '14 at 14:53
Honestly I don't remember, but from what I read, it seems to be a non-existing option. — Julien, Jun 10 '14 at 15:53
Is it possible that the only change in beamer would be that the non-existing options were formerly silently ignored and are now brutally rejected ? — Julien, Jun 10 '14 at 16:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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I found a dirty workaround here Keyval undefined error.

It consists in ignoring the errors coming out of undefined keys :

\documentclass[unknownkeysallowed]{beamer}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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Backward compatibility of Beamer problem - Keyval error

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