Re: pdflatex stymied after update to tetex-extra 2.0.2a-2
On 12.08.04 Osamu Aoki (osamu@debian.org) wrote:
> 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 :)
>
As stated above the formats are created in . . So I don't know, why
you get the error message, that they couldn't be moved to /var. Is
this really the same story?
> For more, check out the source by:
>
> $ apt-get source debian-reference
>
Will have a look at that.
Regards,
Hilmar
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