Bug#240231: tetex-bin: mktextfm fails to create font
Gianluca Della Vedova <gianluca.dellavedova@unimib.it> schrieb:
>> Fixing it should be possible as follows:
>>
>> find /var/cache/fonts/ -type d | xargs chmod a+w
>> chmod 755 /var/cache/fonts
>
> Yes, it fixed the problem.
Good to know.
>> However, this only explains why you can't do it as a user, root should
>> always be allowed to create files. Is it possible that this hierarchy is
>> an NFS mounted volume, on which the local root isn't really root?
>
> No, it's my PC at home. What's puzzling more is that on my laptop the
> problem does not occur, even though they are configured the same.
> The only explanation I can think of is that I run the programs using
> sudo instead of logging in as root, so maybe it's a bug in sudo, or some
> related issues.
I couldn't reproduce it here - after setting the permissions wrong, I
could do it as root or with sudo. But I agree, it doesn't seem to be
related to tetex-bin.
> IMO it's ok to close the bug.
Then you should do it, as the submitter. Just send any mail to
240231-done@bugs.debian.org.
Regards, and happy TeXing,
Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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