Bug#241071: tetex-bin install hangs when XDvi app-defaults file has been deleted

[Morten Brix Pedersen <morten@wtf.dk>]

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-10
Severity: normal

Hi,

This might be a rare case, but nevertheless, it happened to me.

1) Install tetex-base
2) Remove /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi (it happened for me by accident)
3) Install tetex-bin

The install will hang here:
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-10) ...
Generating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf ... done
Generating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
Running initex. This may take some time. ...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4
Locale: LANG=da_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=da_DK.UTF-8

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii  debconf                     1.4.19       Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                 2.8          Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  dpkg                        1.10.20      Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  ed                          0.2-20       The classic unix line editor
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-5    GCC support library
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-7      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libkpathsea3                2.0.2-10     path search library for teTeX (run
ii  libpaper1                   1.1.14       Library for handling paper charact
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.5.0-5    PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-7      X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libt1-5                     5.0.0-5      Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii  libwww0                     5.4.0-9      The W3C WWW library
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxaw7                     4.3.0-7      X Athena widget set library
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxmu6                     4.3.0-7      X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxt6                      4.3.0-7      X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  mime-support                3.26-1       MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  perl                        5.8.3-3      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  sed                         4.0.9-1      The GNU sed stream editor
ii  tetex-base                  2.0.2-6      Basic library files of teTeX
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-7      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-5    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  tetex-bin/upd_map: true
  tetex-bin/cnf_name: 
  tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
  tetex-bin/userperm: false
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
* tetex-bin/hyphen: 
  tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
  tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true