Re: Bug#66634: tetex-base: dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure) [Error: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf]
Hi all,
From: "Noah Coccaro" <noah@disable.cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: Bug#66634: tetex-base: dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure) [Error: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf]
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 01:31:59 -0600
> unsetting the TEXMF variable fixed it.
>
> This same bug came up in tetex-bin as #65432: tetex-bin: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf; 24 days old
>
> It seems like this is giving trouble to lots of people. The scripts really
> should unset the TEXMF variable. The reason I had it set as root
> was that I used su to become root, and my variables were transfered to the
> root shell. And somewhere in the install is should state very clearly that
> references to /usr/lib/texmf should be changed.
It seems that it is a time for us to decide if we do unset TEXMF
in postinst or not.
I think it is preferable to unset TEXMF because I can not
guess the case where it causes any trouble.
At least it is less dangerous than not unsetting TEXMF, IMHO.
How do you think?
Regards, 2000.7.4
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Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
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