Re: update-updmap doesn't run
Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> schrieb:
> I ran into trouble with update-updmap. After adding a file to
> /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ I expected update-updmap to create a new
> file updmap.conf for later use by updmap.
>
> However, with a virgin unstable system this didn`t work with the following
> comment:
>
> openeye:/etc/texmf/dvips# update-updmap
> Didn't run update-updmap as you requested!
> openeye:/etc/texmf/dvips#
>
> The problem is that I didn't request it not to run.
You did - I bet
# debconf-show tetex-bin
[...]
* tetex-bin/upd_map: false
This has to be true if you want to use update-updmap
> So the file is indeed a symbolic link, rendering update-updmap unusable.
> This will at least render arabtex and its fonts unaccessable and hence
> sort of unusable.
>
> I wonder if this is the desired behaviour.
It's the behaviour you desired when you installed it. The default for
this debconf question is true. If you have used a somewhat recent
version of tetex-bin, you have been properly warned:
db_input low tetex-bin/upd_map || true
Template: tetex-bin/upd_map
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Use update-updmap to automatically generate updmap.cfg?
The file updmap.cfg is the central configuration file for fonts
system of TeX. Automatic generation is recommended to make the setup work
with fonts packages of TeX.
[...]
REMARK: Automatic installation of TeX fonts will fail in this case.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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