Bug#176526: tetex-bin: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mktexnam does not set PATH correctly, additional analysis
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, [iso-8859-1] Frank Küster wrote:
> Dear Walter,
>
> over a year ago you reported bug
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=176526 to the Debian
> Bugtracking system. One other maintainer, Atsuhito, had doubts that your
> analysis was correct. You advised:
>
> ,----
> | my suggesition is
> | that you temporarily create a fake access command in your PATH before the
> | proper one at /usr/bin/access and see if
> | mktexnam invokes this fake commmand prior to invoking /usr/bin/access which
> | it's suppose to....
I believe that mktexnam is used in the creation of tfm files, so if you move
these aside for a moment then I believe it should be possible to generate
the problem. I just reconfirmed this problem with some elaborate files
of mine, otherwise I'd send it to you....
Font metrics written on ecbl1000.tfm.
Output written on ecbl1000.600gf (256 characters, 50072 bytes).
Transcript written on ecbl1000.log.
mktextfm: /var/cache/fonts/tfm/jknappen/ec/ecbl1000.tfm: successfully generated.
cp: cannot create regular file `FAKE ACCESS COMMAND\n/var/cache/fonts/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec/pk3915.tmp': No such file or
directory
kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecbl0700
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode;
input ecbl0700
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5)
So mktexnam outputs a name that tells the program to copy a pk file so an
appropriately name pk file?
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