Bug#209395: teTeX: language.dat mislinked

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr>]

Hello,

thanks for your reply.

Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> On 09.09.03 Jerome BENOIT (jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> > Apparently there are TWO `language.dat' configuration files:
> > one in the directory `/var/lib/texmf' (the teTeX way, I suppose)
> > one in the directory `/etc/texmf' (the Debian way)
> >
> > As a matter of fact the one taken in account is the one in
> > the `/var/lib/texmf' directory  as
> > `/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat' is linked to 
> > `/var/lib/texmf/language.dat', I guess that, according to the Debian
> > policy it should be linked to `/etc/texmf/language.dat'.
> >
> > Note that before the last upgrade every worked fine.
>
> The language.dat is from now on maintained using debconf (if you
> answered that question with yes, which is the default). Hence
> language.dat is sitting in /var/lib and everything is OK.


I have just reconfigure the `tetex-bin' package
(`dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin'): I got debconf
indeed. I do not remember to get it before.

I am mainly concern with backup:
Is there a `debconf' data file for `language.dat'
somewhere in `/etc' ?


> > Beside, just for information,
> > I can not compose the latest `lshort' LaTeX manual.
>
> Any specific error message?

the version 4.12 `lshort' uses the `eurofont.sty' which
is not distributed as well the font data files that it uses.


I hope that helps,
Jerome BENOIT