Bug#240366: tetex-bin: cannot view foo.dvi.gz in read-only directory

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Hi Norman,

Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> wrote:

> On 27.03.04 Norman Ramsey (nr@eecs.harvard.edu) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Running xdvi on the tetex documentation fails because the directory is
>> read-only:
>> 
>> : nr@labrador 6445 ; xdvi natbib.dvi.gz 
>> Error in tempfile() using tetexXXXXXX.dvi: Parent directory (.) is not writable
>>  at /usr/bin/xdvi line 68
>> : nr@labrador 6446 ;
>> 
> #221793 . Has been fixed in 2.0.2-6. 2.0.2-10 should have been
> migrated into testing a few days ago. Please update and close that
> bug by sending an E-Mail to 240366-done@bugs.debian.org.

didn't the upgrade solve the problem for you? If this is the case, then
please tell us more (did the error message change?) If it is resolved,
please close the bug.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie