Bug#337073: tex-common doesn't install (can't chmod ls-R file)

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 02.11.05 Joe Drew (drew@debian.org) wrote:

Hi,

> tex-common fails to install because it can't chmod an ls-R file.
> /var/lib/texmf exists on my system, but the ls-R file doesn't.
> 
> Setting up tex-common (0.9) ...
> chmod: cannot access `/var/lib/texmf/ls-R': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
I can reproduce that bug. But only if I have configured debconf to
ask me the low questions too and selecting var at the first question
(BTW: Selecting cache is said to be the default, but it's not
selected).
When calling dpkg --pending --configure a second time the
configuration succeeds. The file in question however still does not
exist....

H.
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