Bug#265611: tetex-extra and fmtutil
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:41:12AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Andreas Gredler <jimmy@g-tec.co.at> wrote:
> > I'm not sure
> > if it was during the update, but I found two *.dist files in /etc/texmf.
> > I copied them over the other files and suddenly all three tetex packages
> > became installable.
> > Unfortunately latex reported errors so I decided to remove the packages.
> > I also removed the directories, that dpkg refused to delete.
> > After the new install everything works now :-)
>
> Fine. By the way, sometimes the reason why dpkg refuses to delete
> directories in /etc/ is that an _other_ package created a configuration
> file there in a maintainer script. If this other package is not removed
> and you just remove the directories, this other package might have
> problems.
I see. But this way I could be sure that all configuration will be
purged.
> Anyway, I think we can close this bug, once the change from
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf to /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> has been made in the maintainer scripts. Do you agree?
I agree.
greets Jimmy
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