Bug#328291: debconf, tex-common and the management of ls-R and .cnf files
On Die, 27 Sep 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> > How does you /var/lib/texmf look like:
> > $ ls -ld /var/lib/texmf
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 25 16:31 /var/lib/texmf
>
> Same here:
Bummer. THe differences between texlive and tetex, more detailed,
between mktexlsr 1.45 (tetex) and 1.46 (texlive):
I guess that this could be the reason:
--- /sid-tetex/usr/bin/mktexlsr 2005-08-29 16:59:41.000000000 +0200
+++ /sid-texlive/usr/bin/mktexlsr 2005-09-25 13:00:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
# <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>, Okt., 1994.
# Public domain.
-version='$Id: mktexlsr,v 1.45 2005/01/21 19:13:57 olaf Exp $'
+version='$Id: mktexlsr,v 1.46 2005/06/21 14:32:26 olaf Exp $'
...
@@ -103,9 +105,9 @@
db_dir=`echo "$db_file" | sed 's%/[^/][^/]*$%%'` # can't rely on dirname
test -d "$db_dir" || continue
+ test -w "$db_dir" || { echo "$progname: $db_dir: directory not writable. Skipping..." >&2; continue; }
... I have to think about this in TeX live. But this is a pity. I will
ask Thomas about this.
Best wishes
Norbert
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