Re: Policy, updmap --enable and updmap.cfg in /etc or /var
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- Subject: Re: Policy, updmap --enable and updmap.cfg in /etc or /var
- From: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:05:04 +0200
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- In-reply-to: <87is9vfnnk.fsf@florent.maison> (Florent Rougon's message of "Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:32:47 +0200")
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Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> wrote:
> I'll try to followup on this next week-end. For the moment, I'll explain
> the general ideas.
Thank you very much.
[snipped with ACK]
> This is the general idea behind the way I decided to manage this .cfg
> file. There are a few more details for dpkg error unwind procedures,
> but really not many.
What will happen when you need to change your 10lmodern.cfg, because
there's an additional map file or so? Just diff'ing, or use ucf?
> Of course, if we are to adopt this strategy for all packages that
> install fonts, we should use something like
> /var/lib/tetex/map-state/$package instead of cluttering /var/lib with
> dozens of directories similar to /var/lib/lmodern.
Yes, I also had this thought when I read your description.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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