Bug#244601: tetex-bin: package fails to configure: Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-12
Severity: grave
The postinst fails the same way over and over again.
# dpkg --pending --configure
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-12) ...
Regenerating /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
Running initex. This may take some time. ...
Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfelatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.
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fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
/usr/share/texmf/web2c
for details.
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This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
tetex-bin
Perhaps the following chunk of the output log has something to do with it:
running `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' ...
This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.4.5) (INIMP)
(/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/metafun.mp
! I can't find file `plain.mp'.
l.27 input plain.mp
; % John Hobby's file
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
l.27 input plain.mp
; % John Hobby's file
Transcript written on metafun.log.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-sparc64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.22 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.1 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 1:3.3.3-6 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-12 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 1:3.3.3-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.0-5 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww-ssl0 [libwww0] 5.4.0-9 The W3C-WWW library (SSL support)
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 ucf 1.02 Update Configuration File: preserv
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/hyphen: ngerman[=naustrian-neue_Rechtschreibung], french[=patois]
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
* tetex-bin/upd_map: true
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
* tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
* tetex-bin/userperm: false
* tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
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