Package: tex-common Version: 0.24 Severity: normal Debconf is a program that asks questions of the user. It does not manage config files or permissions of the TeX font cache and I do not appreciate text that implies that it does: │ If you do not accept, the font cache directory will be world-writable │ │ which is a security risk. If you accept, you can specify a group name │ │ and all directories under /var/cache/fonts will get ownership │ │ root:<groupname> and permission bits 3775. │ │ │ │ If you accept, font generation on multi-user machines will only work │ │ for users that have been added to the group you chose - this has to be │ │ done manually by you! On machines used only by a single user, the │ │ setup will try to automatically detect a suitable group. │ │ │ │ The default is not to manage permissions with debconf, but this is just │ │ because this is required for automatic installs on Debian package │ │ building machines (buildds). In almost every other setup, like desktop │ │ machines or multi-user servers, accepting this is strongly recommended! │ │ │ │ Manage the permissions of the TeX font cache with debconf? │ Also, the "if you accept" / "if you do not accept" is some of the more clumsy English I have seen outside of 419 scams. Accept what? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii cdebconf [debconf-2.0] 0.102 Debian Configuration Management Sy ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.2 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 2.0012 Update Configuration File: preserv tex-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages tetex-base depends on: ii ucf 2.0012 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on: ii cdebconf [debconf-2.0] 0.102 Debian Configuration Management Sy ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.2 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.16.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii dpkg 1.13.21 package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-5 GCC support library ii libice6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkpathsea4 3.0-16 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.18 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-4 PDF rendering library ii libsm6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxmu6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxp6 1:1.0.0-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie ii libxpm4 1:3.5.4.2-3 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii mime-support 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-6 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor ii tetex-base 3.0-18 Basic library files of teTeX ii ucf 2.0012 Update Configuration File: preserv ii whiptail 0.52.2-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on: ii tetex-base 3.0-18 Basic library files of teTeX ii tetex-bin 3.0-16 The teTeX binary files ii ucf 2.0012 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information excluded -- see shy jo
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