Bug#334613: tetex-bin: same problem still exists
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 09:30:44AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> Kenward Vaughan <kay_jay@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > daddy:~# grep TEXFONTMAPS /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*
> > /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf:% TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/map,}/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//
> > /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf:TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/map,}/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//;$TEXMF/dvips//
> >
> > 08:49:40
> > daddy:~# grep TEXFONTMAPS /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
> > TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/fontname
>
> Let me explain: Although texmf.cnf is in /etc/ (because we assume that
...
> It seems you have refused to accept the changes, and therefore still got
> the old setting in texmf.cnf. To fix it, you could just take over this
> one line from 55Fonts.cnf, however, since you don't seem to be familiar
> with conffile merging, I would suggest to do it differently, because it
> will be a bit harder now, but save you a lot of trouble in the future:
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Your procedure worked well, Frank. Thank you for the clear
instructions.
> Now in the future, *never* edit texmf.cnf again, but instead just edit
> the files in texmf.d. You will (of course) still be asked by dpkg if
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I don't believe I ever have--I have no memory of ever changing any of
these files. I looked through the diff file, but frankly couldn't see
anything recognizable.
Thank you again!
Cheers,
Kenward
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