Bug#182211: boxes.mp
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> Down here in the Debian Bug Tracking system we got an error message
> about a buggy boxes.mp
> (CTAN:systems/msdos/metapost/mpinputs/boxes.mp) on CTAN
> (http://bugs.debian.org/182211). For any reason the version on my
> private computer is more recent than the CTAN-version and doesn't
> show up that bug. Could we get a short clarification about that?
As far as I can see, the boxes.mp you mention is the same as in
graphics/metapost/metapost.tar.gz (dated Nov 2002)
> drachi:[hille] >ll /usr/share/texmf/metapost/base/boxes.mp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6848 May 22 1998
> /usr/share/texmf/metapost/base/boxes.mp
Did you actually compare both versions with diff?
BTW: Why is debian concerned about a DOS version of metapost? :-)
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
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