Bug#218943: ngerman -- \language number for ngerman undefined, default 255 used

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> schrieb:

> On 03.11.03 Joern Heissler (joern@heissler.de) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> I'm using ngerman (language package for "neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung")
>> When I use the latex command to compile some tex file, I get this
>> warning:
>> 
>> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/german/ngerman.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
>> ngerman -- \language number for ngerman undefined, default 255 used,
>> ngerman -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
>> 
>> Unfortunately I don't understand the instructions on how to fix this.
>> I think it should be fixed in the package as anyone wants hyphenation.
>> 
> Is this the same as #208408? Could you hava a look at it how to fix
> it? In the moment Atsuhito and Frank are trying to find a fix for it.

If it is the same bug, the quick fix is to run dpgk-reconfigure
tetex-bin and, in the last question, choose ngerman (and german, if you
like) hyphenation patterns.

Bye, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie