Re: updmap vs updmap-sys
Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@web.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 20:05 +0200, Ralf Stubner wrote:
>> One could, of course, simply ignore
>> this, but I think this complicates the patches quite a bit. And diffs
>> from these quilt patch files are already quite complicated.
>
> Looking at, eg,
> http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-tetex/tetex-bin/trunk/debian/patches/patch-deb?op=diff&rev=0&sc=0
> I am beginning to understand that these complicated diffs are probably
> unavoidable with quilt. Oh well ...
I think these pairs of yellow lines are worth it.
> Meanwhile I ahve a patch ready that
> not only corrects fmtuitl -> updmap but also adds a uid warning at the
> end of both updmap ad fmtutil (wasn't so difficult after all). The
> patched versions work for me. Should I commit this patch? Or could this
> cause problems with the upload to unstable? I don't think that change
> would require a changelog entry.
I think you can simply commit it (assuming that you tested all three
cases, updmap as user, as root, and updmap-sys as root).
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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