Re: Serious problem after tetex security update
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Andreas Goesele wrote:
> Andreas Goesele <Goesele@hfph.mwn.de> writes:
> > After the last security update with libkpathsea3 and tetex-bin my
> > LaTeX installation doesn't work any more. When I try to compile a
> > LaTeX file I get:
> >
> > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
> >
> > What can I do to get a working LaTeX installation back? I urgently
> > need it!
>
> I found the solution. There is a bug in the new package:
>
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c does not link to /var/lib/texmf/web2c (as it
> should) but to /var/lib/texmf/web2 (note the missing c). As a result
> the link wasn't even created in my case. (There was no
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c after the security update.)
>
> Is it enough to report that here, or should I report it somewhere else
> too?
Please use the reportbug tool to file a bug.
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