Bug#264987: postinst fails: fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
On 11.08.04 Rupert Levene (r.levene@lancaster.ac.uk) wrote:
Hi,
> # apt-get install tetex-bin
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> tetex-bin is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 122 not upgraded.
> 3 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-17) ...
> Regenerating /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ... done
> Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
> Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
> Running initex. This may take some time. ...
> Error: `etex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
> Error: `etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
> Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed
> Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini' failed
> Error: `omega -ini -jobname=lambda -progname=lambda lambda.ini' failed
>
<snip>
>
> 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.
>
That bug is in reality sitting in tetex-base. I leave it here hoping
we won't get the 5th bug report about the problem.
Short solution for you: Comment the line "For use with ngerman.sty
(neue Rechtschreibung):" (put a % in front of it) and call "dpkg
--configure tetex-bin" to set up tetex-bin.
H.
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