Bug#262053: tetex-bin: Local hyphenation configuration not preserved on reconfigure/reinstall

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

JG <j2003gi@yahoo.es> wrote:

> Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:
> [...]
>> But I cannot reproduce the magical appearance of german. What is the
>> output (as root) of
>> 
>> echo "FGET tetex-bin/hyphen shown_again" | debconf-communicate
>> 
>
> 0 true

Which means that the config script will not treat ngerman and french
specially.

>> Does ngerman also reappear?
>
> Yes: german, ngerman, french reappear.
>      spanish does not reappear.

This is really strange. I have only one idea how we can find out what
happens, and would be thankful if you could help us:

- Make sure that at least one of the reappearing languages is disabled
  (and thus has a chance to show its magic).

- As root, open /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-bin.config in an editor, and
  go to the line that reads

# handling of language.dat (hyphenation). We first define some functions, 

  Before this line, please insert the line 

set -x

  Save the file.

- As root, please execute

dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin 2> config.log

  and answer as usual. Then send us the file config.log.

Thanks in advance, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie