Bug#2621: unstable/texbin install fails
package: texbin
version: 3.1415-4
postinst fails silently. it turns out that texmaketexfmt is failing,
which is because running "initex tex.initex" is somehow trying to read
hyphen.british twice, and failing. tex.log is appended below...
This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) (INITEX) 27 MAR 1996 21:57
**tex.initex
(tex.initex (/usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/plain.tex
Preloading the plain format: codes, registers,
\maxdimen=\dimen10
\hideskip=\skip10
\centering=\skip11
\p@=\dimen11
\z@=\dimen12
\z@skip=\skip12
\voidb@x=\box10
parameters,
\smallskipamount=\skip13
\medskipamount=\skip14
\bigskipamount=\skip15
\normalbaselineskip=\skip16
\normallineskip=\skip17
\normallineskiplimit=\dimen13
\jot=\dimen14
\interdisplaylinepenalty=\count23
\interfootnotelinepenalty=\count24
fonts, more fonts,
\itfam=\fam4
\slfam=\fam5
\bffam=\fam6
\ttfam=\fam7
macros,
\strutbox=\box11
\mscount=\count25
\tabs=\box12
\tabsyet=\box13
\tabsdone=\box14
math definitions,
\rootbox=\box15
\p@renwd=\dimen15
output routines,
\headline=\toks10
\footline=\toks11
\footins=\insert254
\topins=\insert253
hyphenation
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/hyphen.tex
Babel language switching mechanism v3.4f <1994/07/03>
\patterns@loaded=\toks12
\l@british=\language0
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.british)
\l@cfg=\language1
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.cfg
Babel language switching mechanism v3.5e <1995/07/11>
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/babel/plain.def)
\patterns@loaded=\toks13
\l@british=\language0
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.british
! Duplicate pattern.
l.23 .ab4i
?
! Emergency stop.
l.23 .ab4i
End of file on the terminal!
No pages of output.
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