Bug#265247: tetex-bin: fmtutil.cnf not found

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 14.08.04 Debian User (zch@sjtu.edu.cn) wrote:

Hi,

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 2.0.2-18
> Followup-For: Bug #265247
> 
You reported #264953. Is it that the one you wanted to f'up to?

> First dpkg report fmtutil.cnf not found, after cp
> /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmfutil.cnf and updmap.cfg to
> /usr/share/tetex-bin/, it can be installed. But latex and pdflatex
> will complain latex.fmt and pdflatex.fmt not found and cp
> /var/lib/texmf/web2c/*.fmt and *.efmt to /usr/share/texmf/web2c
> will ok
> 
What does "grep VARTEXMF /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf" tell you? As of
tetex_2.0.2-17 /usr/share/texmf/web2c is not any more a symlink to
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/ but an own subdir. So /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
must be in the TEXMF path to get searched. If you let tetex-bin
update your /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf and generate texmf.cnf in
/etc/texmf that should work.

Hmm. I see here a problem: If the user says no to installing the new
version from the package and has no VARTEXMF in the local (edited)
one, neither fmfutil.cnf, nor updmap.cfg nor any format is found. We
should at least document that anywhere.

H. 
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