Bug#232056: tetex-base: problem generating mf.base after upgrade
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:16:23PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> Can't you remember wheter you did erase stuff between the upgrade
> error and the manual texconfig run?
>
At the end of january I had to purge /var/cache/apt/archive, otherwise
/var was full.
> > 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.
Another suggestion is that this could in the apps which run the postconf
or install scripts ?
>
> I rather think this is something that is up to the local administrator.
That's me, and I don't purge /var/cache/apt/archive manually, in order
to update my home PC, where the net access is through a modem.
>
> 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
The platform is a laptop, so it boots at least twice a day. Still
didn't found howto put it in hibernate mode under linux, but that's
another problem.
Best regards
Pascal
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