Re: pdflatex stymied after update to tetex-extra 2.0.2a-2

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 07:25:38PM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> 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?

Actually, it is both latex.

My build script for DR has been improved by someone else :)

This hack in Makefile:

export TEXMFCNF=texmf:
...
# generate LaTeX format file with all necessary languages preloaded

# even if language.dat is in . it isn't found without setting TEXINPUTS
# (. is always in path, so I do not understand this!)

latex.fmt: texmf/language.dat
        TEXINPUTS=$$(pwd)/texmf/:$$(kpsetool -n tex -p tex) \
        fmtutil --byfmt latex --fmtdir .

pdflatex.fmt: texmf/language.dat
        TEXINPUTS=$$(pwd)/texmf/:$$(kpsetool -n pdftex -p tex) \
        fmtutil --byfmt pdflatex --fmtdir .

# required by thumbpdf (called from debiandoc2latexpdf)
pdftex.fmt: texmf/language.dat
        TEXINPUTS=$$(pwd)/texmf/:$$(kpsetool -n pdftex -p tex) \
        fmtutil --byfmt pdftex --fmtdir .


and rest of complicated build script makes those files to be created in
the build area instead under /var or /etc.

I will check more how :)


For more, check out the source by:

 $ apt-get source debian-reference

Osamu