Bug#179939: tetex-base: Can't configure
> > cannot initialize curses
>
> That's a seriously weird bug: /usr/bin/dialog can give this error.
> But why is /usr/bin/dialog being run at all at this point? What
> output do you get if you run, as root:
>
> /bin/sh -x /usr/sbin/texconfig init
It looks like it's looking for /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg, which is a
symlink to a nonexistant file on my system:
bash-2.05b# ls -l /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 5 13:17 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg
bash-2.05b# ls -ld /etc/texmf/updmap*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 5 13:18 /etc/texmf/updmap.d
bash-2.05b# ls -l /etc/texmf/updmap*
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4031 Oct 16 18:15 00updmap.cfg
The last umpteen relevant looking lines are:
+ TEXMFMAIN_environ=
++ kpsewhich '--expand-var=$TEXMFMAIN'
++ sed 's@^!*@@'
+ : /usr/share/texmf
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf
+ test x = xyes
++ kpsewhich texmf.cnf
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
+ test '!' -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' mktex.opt
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.opt
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.opt
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' mktexdir
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' mktexupd
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' mktexnam
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam
++ kpsewhich '-expand-var=$VARTEXMF'
+ :
+ test -z ''
+ TC_VARTEXMF=/usr/share/texmf
++ XDVIINPUTS=:$TEXMF/{xdvi,web2c}
++ kpsewhich -progname=xdvi '--format=other text files' XDvi
+ : /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' mktex.cnf
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf
++ kpsewhich '-format=dvips config' config.ps
+ : /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
++ kpsewhich -progname=pdftex --format=tex pdftex.cfg
+ : /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg
++ kpsewhich -format=.tex language.dat
+ : /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
++ kpsewhich -format=.tex -progname=etex language.def
+ : /usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config/language.def
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config/language.def
++ kpsewhich -format=.tex -progname=context cont-usr.tex
+ : /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config/cont-usr.tex
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config/cont-usr.tex
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' fmtutil.cnf
+ : /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
+ test -z /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
++ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' updmap.cfg
+ :
+ test -z ''
+ TC_DFT_UPDMAP_CFG=/usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
++ kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMF'
+ : '{/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf}'
+ : /usr/share/texmf/texconfig
+ : generic
+ formats=/usr/share/texmf/web2c
+ xdvi_app_dir=/usr/share/texmf/xdvi
+ xdvi_app_file=/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
+ dvips_conf_dir=/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config
+ pdftex_conf_dir=/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config
+ maketex_site_dir=/usr/share/texmf/web2c
+ maketex_site_file=/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf
+ language_dat_dir=/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config
+ language_dat_file=/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
+ language_def_dir=/usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config
+ language_def_file=/usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config/language.def
+ cont_usr_dir=/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config
+ cont_usr_file=/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config/cont-usr.tex
+ fmtutil_cnf_dir=/usr/share/texmf/web2c
+ fmtutil_cnf_file=/usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
+ updmap_cfg_dir=/usr/share/texmf/web2c
+ updmap_cfg_file=/usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
+ doc=/usr/share/doc/texmf
+ FAQ=/usr/share/doc/texmf/tetex/teTeX-FAQ.gz
+ set x init
+ shift
+ '[' '!' -r /usr/share/texmf/ls-R ']'
+ '[' '!' -r /usr/share/texmf/ls-R ']'
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/xdvi
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config
+ test -d /usr/share/texmf/web2c
+ test -f /tmp/texconf3324/logfile
+ exit_return 1
+ setreturn 1
+ return 1
+ cleanup
+ rc=1
+ false
+ exit 1
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