Bug#457711: texlive-metapost: mpost man page does not match reality

[Matijs van Zuijlen <Matijs.van.Zuijlen@xs4all.nl>]

Package: texlive-metapost
Version: 2007.dfsg.1-2
Severity: normal

I am trying to run metapost in metafont-compatible mode. The man page (man
mpost) has the following to say about that:

      mfplain.mp
		    The  Metafont-compatible  mem file.  This is loaded
		    when virmp is invoked via a symbolic link as mfmp.

The texlive-metapost package only includes mpost, not virmp, nor virmpost, nor
are there any symbolic links to mfmp or mfmpost.

And:

   There  is  also an mfplain.mem that simulates plain Metafont so that
   mpost can read .mf fonts.

There is no such file mfplain.mem, nor is there the convenient inimpost
command that could generate such a file.

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output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at

http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english)

or 

http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)

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minimal input file


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other files

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 List of ls-R files

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 890 2007-12-24 17:28 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2007-11-24 09:52 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-11-04 11:11 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-11-04 11:11 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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 Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-11-24 09:52 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4349 2007-12-24 17:28 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7185 2007-12-24 17:28 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4292 2007-12-24 17:28 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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 Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2007-06-20 17:33 mktex.cnf
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 md5sums of texmf.d
42c20d7e8bd343542772b5a145bf8ad8  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
8ed54ce13b2eed4871e03bdfdace9342  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
8fee79ccdd5d1f56b1563dabfd53c717  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
30f4f13357c2761ed01a6a15f28725a5  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages texlive-metapost depends on:
ii  libc6                      2.7-5         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libkpathsea4               2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: path search library for 
ii  texlive-base               2007-13       TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii  texlive-common             2007-13       TeX Live: Base component

Versions of packages texlive-metapost recommends:
ii  feynmf                     1.08-4        set of LaTeX macros for creating F
ii  texlive-metapost-doc       2007.dfsg.1-2 TeX Live: Documentation files for 

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.5.17     Debian configuration management sy
ii  ucf                           3.004      Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages texlive-metapost is related to:
pn  tetex-base                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-bin                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-extra                   <none>     (no description available)
ii  tex-common                    1.10       common infrastructure for building

-- debconf information:
  tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
  tex-common/check_texmf_missing: