Re: pdflatex stymied after update to tetex-extra 2.0.2a-2
On 06.08.04 Osamu Aoki (osamu@debian.org) wrote:
Hello,
> Transcript written on pdflatex.log.
> rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.log': Permission denied
> mv: cannot move `pdflatex.log' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.log': Permission denied
> rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.efmt': Permission denied
> mv: cannot move `pdflatex.efmt' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.efmt': Permission denied
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R unwritable.
> I can't find the format file `pdflatex.efmt'!
> debiandoc2latexpdf: ERROR: hackdi.pdf could not be generated properly
> debiandoc2pdf: ERROR: hackdi.pdf could not be generated properly
> make: *** [hackdi.pdf] Error 1
>
> Why user process try to write into such a directory in default
> install and create so much strange failure.
>
Normally it has to be created during postinst. Unfortunately that
wasn't done. Please check if it could be #263840.
> I can still build debian-reference source to pdf which use the same
> tools.
>
Sorry, I can't believe that. Using LaTeX on two different sources
should fail on both if the LaTeX format file is not built. Maybe
you're using plain TeX in one case?
H.
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