Frank Küster schrieb am Mon 22. Aug, 19:57 (+0200):
> Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
>
> >> > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4)
> >> > (Fatal base file error; I'm stymied)
> >>
> >> The next one...
> >>
> >> $ kpsewhich --format=fmt mf.base
> >
> > /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base
>
> It should be (and probably is...) in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/ (since about
> a year if you followed unstable or testing). Please send us the output
> of the following commands:
>
> ls -ld /usr/share/texmf/web2c
> ls -ld /var/lib/texmf/web2c
> ls -l /usr/share/texmf/web2c/
$ ls -ld /usr/share/texmf/web2c
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-08-22 15:56 /usr/share/texmf/web2c
$ ls -ld /var/lib/texmf/web2c
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-08-22 15:58 /var/lib/texmf/web2c
$ ls -l /usr/share/texmf/web2c/
insgesamt 7316
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30806 2005-08-09 13:58 aleph.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5320 2001-04-01 17:51 amiga-pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4508045 2005-06-10 20:16 cont-en.efmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31296 2005-06-10 20:16 cont-en.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 1999-02-17 00:42 cp1250cs.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5573 2001-04-01 17:51 cp1250pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5073 2001-04-01 17:51 cp1250t1.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2811 2004-07-31 07:30 cp227.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 1999-02-17 00:42 cp852-cs.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5766 2001-04-01 17:51 cp852-pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2738 1999-05-30 19:56 cp8bit.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 755611 2005-06-10 20:16 elatex.efmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10569 2005-06-10 20:16 elatex.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 278596 2005-06-10 20:16 etex.efmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3641 2005-06-10 20:16 etex.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4024 2005-04-18 22:33 fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5361 2001-04-01 17:51 il1-t1.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 986 1999-02-17 00:42 il2-cs.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5572 2001-04-01 17:51 il2-pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5115 2001-04-01 17:51 il2-t1.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 920 1999-05-30 19:56 kam-cs.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 895 1999-05-30 19:56 kam-t1.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 755555 2005-06-10 20:16 latex.efmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10564 2005-06-10 20:16 latex.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6906 2003-08-29 17:39 macce-cs.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5909 2002-05-26 00:06 macce-pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5773 2002-05-26 00:06 macce-t1.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6013 2001-04-01 17:51 maz-pl.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150624 2005-06-10 20:15 mf.base
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 736 2005-06-10 20:15 mf.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22203 2005-08-09 13:58 mf.pool
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2005-08-22 13:18 mfw.base -> mf.base
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2005-08-22 13:18 mktex.cnf -> /etc/texmf/mktex.cnf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1373 2005-08-09 13:58 mktexdir
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328 2005-08-09 13:58 mktexdir.opt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7613 2005-08-09 13:58 mktexnam
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3821 2005-08-09 13:58 mktexnam.opt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4763 2005-08-09 13:58 mktex.opt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1741 2005-08-09 13:58 mktexupd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24696 2005-08-09 13:58 mp.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226274 2005-06-10 20:16 mptopdf.efmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3629 2005-06-10 20:16 mptopdf.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2306 2004-02-27 18:17 natural.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30132 2005-08-09 13:58 omega.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38166 2005-08-09 13:58 pdfetex-pl.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35541 2005-08-09 13:58 pdfetex.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35757 2005-08-09 13:58 pdfxtex.pool
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2005-06-10 20:16 plain.base -> mf.base
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2005-06-10 20:16 plain.fmt -> tex.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3394 2002-08-25 03:45 tcvn-t5.tcx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 245276 2005-06-10 20:15 tex.fmt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2435 2005-06-10 20:15 tex.log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2005-08-22 13:18 texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26786 2005-08-09 13:58 tex.pool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4783 2005-08-22 14:12 updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4722 2005-08-17 19:57 updmap.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3399 2002-08-25 03:49 viscii-t5.tcx
> That is, it should contain only files with extensions tcx, pool, and
> opt, plus symlinks to configuration files and the three mktex* scripts.
> The symlink from mfw.base to mf.base is actually a bug.
>
> You can delete (or move out of the way) all other files, especially
> files with extension fmt or efmt. After that, please try again...
#v+
$ dpkg -L $(pkgof /usr/share/texmf/web2c) | grep /usr/share/texmf/web2c/ |sort > /tmp/foo
$ ls /usr/share/texmf/web2c/* | diff -u0 - /tmp/foo
--- - 2005-08-22 22:35:29.074178000 +0200
+++ /tmp/foo 2005-08-22 22:33:42.664077512 +0200
@@ -3,2 +2,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.log
@@ -12,5 +9,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/elatex.log
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/etex.log
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
@@ -23,2 +15,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.efmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.log
@@ -29,2 +19,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.log
@@ -41,2 +29,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.log
@@ -48,2 +34,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/plain.base
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/plain.fmt
@@ -51,2 +35,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/tex.log
@@ -55,2 +37,0 @@
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-/usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.log
#v-
I am happy. Latex works now.
Thanks for all help you, Norbert and all others have given.
Because it was a fault of me, we should close this bug report. What do
you think?
Bye, Jörg.
--
"...anytime you install something new on the Windows platform, you risk
spending the next five or six hours trying to figure out what happened"
-- Robert Roblin, Adobe
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