Bug#66634: tetex-base: dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure) [Error: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf]
severity 66634 normal
thanks
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Noah Coccaro wrote:
> 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.
So this bug is an user error. Yes, it would be better if the install
script unsets the TEXMF variable and this should be fixed in woody, but
this is not a release critical bug for potato.
cu,
Adrian
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