Bug#263343: tetex-bin: installation failed - fmtutil failed

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 04.08.04 Laurent Raufaste (analogue@glop.org) wrote:
> Hilmar Preusse wrote:

Hi,

> >>The file included with this report is /tmp/tetex.postinst.XX0QcL5w
> >
> >No it's not. Would you be so kind to send it to the BTS.
> 
> Got a permission denied when I sent the bug, here it is.
> 
<quote src=logfile>
running `etex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' ...
This is e-TeX, Version 3.14159-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) (INITEX)
entering extended mode
<snip>
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/frhyph.tex
frhyph.tex - French hyphenation patterns (V2.11) <2002/01/16>)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/dehypht.tex
German Traditional Hyphenation Patterns `dehypht' Version 3.2a <1999/03/03>
(Formerly known under the name `ghyph31' and `ghyphen'.))
! I can't find file `use'.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.319   \repeat
               
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.319   \repeat
               
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.

running `etex -ini   -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' ...
This is e-TeX, Version 3.14159-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) (INITEX)
entering extended mode
<snip>
German Traditional Hyphenation Patterns `dehypht' Version 3.2a <1999/03/03>
(Formerly known under the name `ghyph31' and `ghyphen'.))
! I can't find file `use'.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.319   \repeat
               
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.319   \repeat
               
No pages of output.
Transcript written on elatex.log.
</quote>

etc. same for the other flavours of LaTeX. Your language.dat seems to
be broken. You seem to manage your hyphenation patterns using
debconf. Did you ever edit your language.dat manually?
If yes: I'm afraid the comment sign in front of
For use with ngerman.sty (neue Rechtschreibung):
is missing by accident.
If not: could look, which file is shown, when typing "kpsewhich
language.dat" and send us that file?

Sorry for the late response. I'll be off line until Monday evening.

Regards,
  Hilmar 
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