Bug#232056: tetex-base: problem generating mf.base after upgrade

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

"Pascal A. Dupuis" <Pascal.Dupuis@esat.kuleuven.ac.be> schrieb:

>> Are you sure there was enough space on the /var partition when you 
>> upgraded tetex?
>> 
>
> Good question! I don't remove automatically files from
> /var/cache/apt/archives, so I have to manually purge them from time to
> time, usually when te system starts missbehaving (squid hanging, ...),
> so let's say I can not ascertain that there was enough place. 

Can't you remember wheter you did erase stuff between the upgrade
error and the manual texconfig run?

> May be
> this should be tested by the install/upgrade script ?

No, not really. There are lots of packages that require some more space
than what the simple unpackaged size of its archive. If we would do it,
all of them would have to, and also check whether the free space is on
the correct partition. This is not feasible.

I rather think this is something that is up to the local administrator.

Have you rebooted since the error occured? I fear yes, but if no (and if
it occurs again), you should have a look at the initex log file in
/tmp. When tetex-base is upgraded, there is some message like 

Running initex for missing formats. This may take some time. ...
Output of initex is in /tmp/tex0ciS2g

In this file, any error messages should be visible.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie