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Bug#177094: tetex-bin: /var/cache/fonts problems: mode query and /etc/texmf/texmf.d patch for texconfig



From: Matthew Swift <swift@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Bug#177094: tetex-bin: /var/cache/fonts problems: mode query and /etc/texmf/texmf.d patch for texconfig
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:04:57 -0500

> (1) I think you want to install a world-writable /var/cache/fonts/ls-R
> when you create /var/cache/fonts.
> Otherwise you get errors like:

Perhaps, no.  It was setted with debconf question.

> -- debconf information:
>   tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
> * tetex-bin/cnf_name: 
> * tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
> * tetex-bin/userperm: false
> * tetex-bin/groupname: users
> * tetex-bin/groupperm: true

Under these settings, if you add yourself to group "users"
you will not see error messages.  This will be your (or a user's)
decision now.

> (2) Missing ".cnf" extension in the code.

Ah, yes I overlooked this change.  This is very important.

> (3) I think that texconfig ought to check the permissions on /var/cache/fonts and perhaps its 
>     subdirs, when /var/cache/fonts exists, rather than just assuming everything is OK and exiting.

For security reason, the permissions could not be relaxed
so far.  cf. Bug#57746
This is an issue not easy to fix, I guess.

I will fix (2) and close this, because other problems are;
(1) is not a problem in fact and (2) is the same as #57746
essentially.

If I misunderstand something, please let me know.

Best regards,		      2003-1-17(Fri)

-- 
 Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.



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