Re: Bug#66634: tetex-base: dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure) [Error: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf]

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:

> Hi all,

Hi Atsuhito,

>...
> 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?

I see two possibilities:
- unset TEXMF
- append the right directory at the beginning of TEXMF


I have downgraded the bug on tetex-base because I think it's too late to
do such a change for potato - I can't see good reasons for setting TEXMF
as root and I don't want to risk to break anything else at this point of 
the freeze.

> Regards,			2000.7.4

cu,
Adrian

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