Bug#182215: tetex-bin: updmap hangs, if a map-file is not present

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

From: "Martin Kögler" <e9925248@student.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Bug#182215: tetex-bin: updmap hangs, if a map-file is not present
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:14:16 +0100

> I recompiled the tetex-packages and when i tried to install them, 
> they failed:

Do you mean you rebuild tetex-bin/tetex-base by yourself?

> If a map file is not present, the cat in transLW35 will be 
> called without any parameter, so updmap waits for input on 
> stdin and hangs.
> Because tetex-base calls this script in postinst, tetex-base 
> is not installable.
> 
> The map files seem to disappear after a purge of the tetex packages.

I believe this is the essential problem.

Generally, it was not necessary (or even dangerous) to purge
a package to fix an ordinary bug.

You should recover lost map files with re-installing 
tetex-base.

Please try "dpkg -i --force-confmiss tetex-base_2.0.1-2.deb"
(Of course you need to get tetex-base_2.0.1-2.deb first)

Thanks,		            2003-2-24(Mon)

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