Bug#265611: tetex-extra and fmtutil
"Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@kinkhorst.com> wrote:
> I am experiencing the exact same problem as stated in the first
> message of this bug. It's present since version 2.0.2-17, getting
> exactly the same error message as reported above. I'm sure that I've
> never changed anything in the configuration of any tetex-package
> myself.
>
> As for your question about the value of VARTEXMF in texmf.cnf, there's
> no such line; also in the /etc/texmf.d/ dir there isn't, except in the
> 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist file (mind the dpkg-dist extension):
If there is a dpkg-dist file, then there must have been some change to
/etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf, and it must have asked you about
that. Since you say that you have not changed it, it would be
interesting to get the complete contents of your
/etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf (the one without the dpkg-dist
extension).
> Your question about dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin just yields:
> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: tetex-bin is broken or not fully installed
Under those circumstances it would have been "dpkg --configure -a", but
I know what this gives, as long as you don't put the VARTEXMF entries
into 05TeXMF.cnf. The really interesting thing is to learn how this file
could be changed without you knowing.
> BTW is it just me, or does this BTS have an absolutely terrible
> interface? Displaying full headers of each message (???), no summary
> at the top or fields to change settings or add information etc. Are
> there any plans to change this?
There are many complaints, and I think there is a plan to change it. But
I think this will take time (unless you step in and do the coding, of
course...)
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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