Bug#265611: tetex-extra: Problems with fmtutil again
On 14.08.04 jimmy@g-tec.co.at (jimmy@g-tec.co.at) wrote:
Hi,
> Get:1 http://localhost unstable/main tetex-extra 2.0.2a-3 [10.5MB]
> Fetched 10.5MB in 58s (179kB/s)
> Reading package fields... Done
> Reading package status... Done
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Reading changelogs...
> (Reading database ... 72268 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace tetex-extra 2.0.2a-2 (using
> .../tetex-extra_2.0.2a-3_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement tetex-extra ...
> mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Done.
> Setting up tetex-extra (2.0.2a-3) ...
> Running initex. This may take some time. ...
> fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
>
> fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
> /tmp/tetex-extra.postinst.XXbXoSy4
> Please include this file if you report a bug.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> tetex-extra
>
Hmm. #263715, #264953, my last mail to #265247?
> I already had to face this problems with the previous versions of
> tetex-extra and tetex-base. It's solved in tetex-base but in
> tetex-extra there is still a problem in the postinst script. I
> fixed it by adding the parameter --cnffile to the call for the
> commands fmtutil and updmap, but this was just a dirty hack(I'm not
> sure if I've done it the right way).
>
Probably VARTEXMF is not set in texmf.cnf.
H.
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