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Bug#1031949: tex-common: fmtutil fails to copy logs, installation fails



Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> writes:

>> that my user had set. But it still seems like a bug that postinst fails
>> if the system doesn't have a certain locale. Or maybe I'm viewing this
>> incorrectly?
>
> Yes, you do ;-)
>
> Certain programs, in this case luatex, require correct locale setup to
> work. It would be nice if we could detect these problems beforehand and
> warn the user with a clear message, but also this is non-trivial.
>
> If the locale are incorrectly setup, there is not much to do but fail.
>
> Think about: You could configure to set your shell to
> 	/bin/IamNotThereBash
> and it would of course create a lot of problems. Maintainer scripts
> cannot work around all possible misconfiguration of a system.

Fair enough - you've convinved me :-)

But should this bug remain open, with lowered severity and a better
title and description, to document this fact for users? Unless there's
already a bug covering this matter.

Thanks for the help.

 Best,
 Gard

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