Re: Bug#269828: tetex-base: Provide script to purge old map files

[Richard Lewis <rtf@jabble.com>]

Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> writes:

>> - Don't accept this if you want to keep using an existing fmtutil.cnf. 
>> - Then you have to modify /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf manually.
>> - REMARK: Installation of some TeX-related packages will fail in this case.
> [...]
>> + .
>> + If you need to keep an existing fmtutil.cnf then you may refuse this
>> + option and maintain /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf manually.  However,
>> + installation of some TeX-related packages will fail unless you accept
>> + this option.
>
> you changed "keep using" (first - line) to "keep" (first + line). But in
> fact the old file is not removed (just renamed). Therefore it will be
> _kept_ anyway, it will just become unused.
>
> Is it okay that I just add the "using" again, or does that sound
> strange? BTW, the same applies to the next template.
>

I think that it would be fine to add using again.  Sorry for the
confusion!

> Later on:
>
>> -_Description: Name change of files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/
>> - texmf.cnf has previously been generated by update-texmf from all files
>> - in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/. Now update-texmf is changed and only reads
>> +_Description: Files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ must be renamed.
>> + texmf.cnf was previously generated by update-texmf from files
>> + in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/.  Now update-texmf only reads
>>   files with extension '.cnf'
>
> Here I think you changed the meaning of the long description. The point
> is that previously *all* files were used, now only files with the right
> extension are used. But it is still true that "texmf is generated from
> files in ...". Why did you remove the "all"?
>

It didnt seem to be necessary.  On second thoughts you are right to
emphasise that all files used to be used, so keep the all!