Re: Bug#328749: [xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#328749: package installation fails with teTeX 3.0
Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org> wrote:
> Frank K??ster (frank@debian.org) wrote:
>> Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm done with all the fixes but when installing I'm getting the following
>> > message:
>> >
>> > Warning: fmtutil is being run as root; fmtutil-sys should probably be
>> > used instead. If this is done by a Debian package upon installation,
>> > upgrade, or removal, please file a bug against that package.
>> >
>> > How do we handle this?
>>
>> This is exactly the warning about the backward compatibility hack that
>> we introduced. Just ignore it for the time being, but keep in mind that
>> as soon as tetex-3.0 enters testing, you should switch from fmtutil to
>> fmtutil-sys.
>
> Gotcha.
>
> I've got some more questions regarding xmltex and the way it's packaged for
> Debian, but I'll get back to you with those later.
Have you read the Debian TeX Policy draft, which is included in the
tex-common package?
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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