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

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Richard Lewis <rtf@jabble.com> wrote:

>> We would be grateful if you could comment on the files I attach.
>>
>
> Here's two patches (I hope I didn't change any meanings!)

Thank you very much for this!

> - 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.

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"?

TIA, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie