Re: fontmap-cfg directory in tex-common (was: Bug#312888: [tex-live] Bug#312888: tetex-bin: Debian needs a tex-common package)
On Fre, 10 Jun 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> Looks okay, except one thing. What is the purpose of the "debian"
> subdirectory here:
>
> drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 ./var/lib/tex-common/debian/
> drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 ./var/lib/tex-common/debian/fontmap-cfg/
>
> Why not simply var/lib/tex-common/fontmap-cfg? I see that it's the same
> in teTeX-3.0 packages, maybe Florent knows an explanation? I don't see
> the purpose of a "debian" subdirectory in a debian package, at least not
> at this place...
No idea why, I have just copied the structure from the tetex packages ;-)
> > Ok, I have done this. For me this is ATM more a statement `We are
> > working on it' than `we are making a package and you can have it soon
> > ;-)
>
> That's how they often are. Try to list the ITP bugs by date...
Ok, I wasn't sure. As a non-DD without any experience in this area
(besides rebuilding, backporting etc) I didn't think about this.
Best wishes
Norbert
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