Bug#265611: tetex-extra and fmtutil
On 16.08.04 Thijs Kinkhorst (thijs@kinkhorst.com) wrote:
Hi,
> 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):
>
> 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:VARTEXMF = /var/lib/texmf
> 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOLDLOCAL,!!$VARTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
> 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:SYSTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFOLDLOCAL;$VARTEXMF;$TEXMFMAIN
>
I consider the following scenario: texmf.cnf is built from different
files sitting in /etc/texmf/texmf.d. 05TeXMF.cnf was changed in
tetex-bin 2.0.2-17. VARTEXMF was defined and taken as part of TEXMF.
Hence the files in /var/lib/texmf/web2c are found. Possibly you have
changed once 05TeXMF.cnf manually, but didn't define VARTEXMF. When
you updated your tetex-bin you were asked, whether you want to use
the maintainers version or keep your own (the latter answer is the
default). You took the default answer, VARTEXMF is not defined in
texmf.cnf and fmtutil.cnf is not found.
When you merge the changes of 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist and your local
version everything should work fine. I guess we have to force the
users to install the dist version to make the installation not fail
and merge their local modifications later.
> Your question about dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin just yields:
> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: tetex-bin is broken or not fully
> installed
>
> I hope this helps to trace down the problem, if you need any more
> info please let me know.
>
Do the hints above help you?
> 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?
>
The BTS has the mail interface. The web interface is made to view,
but not edit bugs. Feel free to file a bug again the BTS if you want
get that changed.
H.
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