Bug#305738: tetex-bin: please separate parse_first_line into separate config file

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 23.04.05 Richard Lewis (debian@rtf.org.uk) wrote:
> Marcin Kasperski <Marcin.Kasperski@softax.com.pl> writes:

Hi Marcin,

> > I need parse_first_line=y (as many people speaking accented
> > - languages in my case Polish). Let it be, that for some obscure
> > reason it is by default off. But please let me change this
> > default ONCE and forever.
> >
> > Currently everytime I apt-update tetex-bin, I get configuration
> > file conflict caused but this only setting. And usually there are
> > useful changes in config files (patching paths to suit modified
> > locations, new config switches and so on), so I am forced to
> > manually resolve.
> >
> > Simple change - extracting parse_first_line setting into separate
> > configuration file included into the main one - would do.
> 
> This is already supported: just create a new file
> /etc/texmf/texmf.d/94pfl.cnf containing
> 
> parse_first_line = t
> 
> (dont forget to run update-texmf)
> The '94' can be replaced by anything lower than 95 (cos you're
> overriding 95NonPath.cnf)
> 
> Does this solve the problem?
> 
Richard Lewis sent that answer to the maintainer list. Unfortunately
it seems, as if he forget to put you in Cc. Does that answer solve
your problem?

Regards,
  Hilmar
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