Re: issues with pdflatex and font creation in scientific software ?
Hi
The diagnosis is pretty clear to me too as well as the cure However
the error occured on the Debian build machines
I have no access to these machines.
It seems to me that something is fishy with the installation of
texlive on the failing archs [1]
1. https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=feel%2b%2b
Best regards
C.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
<kingsley@loaner.com> wrote:
> Hi Christophe,
>
> It was smart to quote the error message.
>
> I read it, and it seems to me that the first sign
> of trouble looks like a common permissions bug.
>
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `././.texmf-var': Permission denied
>
> A quick and dirty way to check is by running the
> same code as root, which typically has permission.
>
> If I were debugging it, I'd look in what ever you
> run to build the documentation for the specific
> line of code that calls "mkdir" and reports the
> error.
>
> Maybe you could isolate it with "echo" or "print"
> statements, depending on what builds the
> documentation.
>
> Once I found the exact line of code, I'd add more
> statements to reveal which path is passed to mkdir.
>
> Then I'd check the path's ownership and
> permissions with the "ls -l" command.
>
> You might be able to work around the problem by
> using the "chmod" or "chown" command on the
> appropriate directory.
>
> I hope that helps,
> Kingsley
>
> On 04/24/11 23:09, Christophe Prud'homme wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> for some time now I have my package Feel++(a library and language for
>> pde solving) that has issues on some platforms with (pdf)latex and the
>> generation of fonts
>>
>> I get this message while building the documentation of the software
>>
>> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ecss0900
>> mkdir: cannot create directory `././.texmf-var': Permission denied
>> mktexpk: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir
>> /.texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec failed.
>> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
>>
>> !pdfTeX error: /usr/bin/pdflatex (file ecss0900): Font ecss0900 at 600 not foun
>> d
>> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>>
>>
>> anyone having similar issues ?
>> any ideas ?
>>
>> on amd64 and i386 flavors no problems but on the other ones I got these failures
>> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=feel%2b%2b
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> C.
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