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

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@nsx.pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: "Noah
Subject: Bug#66634:
Date: Tue,

> 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. 

Yes we already noticed the problem but if you want to
set TEXMF as

> TEXMF={/homes/noah/Tex-Stuff/local,/usr/lib/texmf}

then you should set

TEXMF={/homes/noah/Tex-Stuff/local,}

Generally speaking, it is better that TEXMF does not contain
the system default value of TEXMF (/usr/lib/texmf or /usr/share/texmf)
but uses the "magic of path separator" (perhaps you know this).

I tested this setting and tetex-base installation works.

Regards,			2000.7.5

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
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