Bug#244601: tetex-bin: package fails to configure: Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> schrieb:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 06:20:53PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>> It seems the bug is really in a very old version, or there might be some
>> interruption while an earlier version of tetex-extra was removed.
>
> Both are possible.
>
>> What I don't understand at all is why this bug has been triggered now.
>> Did you upgrade tetex after a longer period of sticking to stable, or
>> an older testing image?
>
> No, the machine has been tracking sid since 2000, with updates done at
> intervals ranging from daily to every couple of weeeks.
>
> Would you like me to try installing and then removing tetex-extra, to
> see if the files then get cleaned off?
Well, the leftover files are from tetex-extra_1.0.x. I am quite sure
that tetex-extra_2.0.2 from sid won't touch them.
But it would be great if you'd put woody in your sources list and
downgrade. Unfortunately, since tetex-base replaces older tetex-extra,
you need to downgrade both:
apt-get install tetex-extra=1.0.2+20011202-2 tetex-base=1.0.2+20011202-2
(assuming tetex-doc is not installed).
If the files are still there after purge or remove of tetex-extra, we
know that something's messed up (although dpkg might as well be
involved). If they are gone, well, that's just what I'd expect. But I
don't know whether it actually tells us anything about the bug.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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