Bug#267299: installation of tetex-base fails
Package: tetex-base
Version: 2.0.2b-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
installation of tetex-base fails with the following errors
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Richte tetex-base ein (2.0.2b-1) ...
Running initex. This may take some time. ...
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=mptopdf mptopdf.tex'
failed
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/lambda.oft installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/omega.oft installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/amstex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/jadetex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfjadetex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfelatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mpost.mem installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.
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fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
/var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details.
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This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=mptopdf mptopdf.tex' failed
fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/tetex-base.postinst.XXaF3obB
Please include this file if you report a bug.
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this prevents also tetex-bin, tetex-doc and tetex-extra from being
installed.
see also the attached file.
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii texinfo 4.7-2.1 Documentation system for on-line i
ii ucf 1.08 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-7 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-19 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-0.4 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.1-2 The GNU sed stream editor
ii ucf 1.08 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii gsfonts 8.14+urwcyr1.0.7pre35-1 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
pn tetex-bin Not found.
ii ucf 1.08 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-bin/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/hyphen:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tetex-bin/upd_map: true
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
tetex-bin/fmtutil-failed:
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
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