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Re: mktexlsr exiting if ls-R exist with size 0



On 24.02.04 Frank Küster (frank@debian.org) wrote:

Hi,

> I just noticed that mktexlsr in tetex-beta-2.95 still has a problem
> if a ls-R file exists but is empty. I don't really know why this
> can be the case, but it can, as several bug reports in the Debian
> Bugtracking system show (disk full?). Currently, the scripts only
> creates the file if it is either non-existent or contains the ls-R
> magic string.
> 
> Hilmar Preusse has submitted a patch while ago, and we are using it
> in our Debian packages. Wouldn't it be a good idea to include it in
> tetex and the web2c sources?
> 
yes, I did. And Thomas has confirmed in a private mail, that he/Olaf
will include that patch (or a similar one) into upstream. So, was
that just a reminder?

H. 
-- 
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