Bug#244601: tetex-bin: package fails to configure: Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
On 22.05.04 Branden Robinson (branden@debian.org) wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:34:37AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
Hi,
> > Was tetex-extra-1.0.2 in fact installed when the bug occurred
> > first?
>
> No.
>
> > If not, how come that it is now installed?
>
> Because I installed it to see what would happen.
>
I guess, tetex-bin can be configured now. And I guess if you purge
tetex-extra again "dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin" will still run.
> > I didn't check this in detail, but it looks just like a "copy" of
> > the directory were the link should point to. This includes some
> > files that are _not_ generated, but shipped in the deb, namely
> > the *.pool and *.tcx files - something/one must have copied them
> > from /var/lib/texmf/web2c. Also it seems that "dpkg-reconfigure
> > tetex-bin" was executed after the link was removed and the empty
> > directory generated, and answered with a non-default answer (at
> > least fmtutil.cnf as a symlink is not the default now, I'm not
> > sure about the past).
> >
> > Did you notice any tetex mess previously and tried to repair it
> > manually? It looks like this.
>
> No, I did not.
>
> Even *with* tetex-extra installed, dpkg doesn't think any installed
> package owns any files in /usr/share/texmf/web2c.
>
/usr/share/texmf/web2c is a soft link pointing to
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/ . Some files in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/ are
shipped by tetex-bin, some are generated during postin.
H.
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