Bug#263410: map files (was: Bug#263410: several issues)

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> schrieb:

> Package: tetex-base
> Version: 2.0.2a-2
> Severity: normal
>
> 1. From changelog:
>
>   * Static font map files are no longer treated as conffiles (or with
>     ucf), but instead are installed as ordinary files under
>     /usr/share/texmf. Nobody really needs to edit those files.....
>
> I disagree: If e.g. anybody wants include not only subset of fonts
> into his pdf/ps he has to edit the map-files.

Cannot font subsetting be disabled by some other configuration file? And
what could be the purpose of including unused glyphs?

Can you give an example and/or an explanation on what to do with the map
files? 

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie