Re: Bug#298884: tetex-bin fails to install

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

weg@indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg) wrote:

> weg@hilbert:~$ ls -l /etc/texmf/plain/language.def
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root root 29 2005-03-08 09:08 /etc/texmf/plain/language.def -> /etc/texmf/plain/language.def
> weg@hilbert:~$ dpkg -S /etc/texmf/plain/language.def
> tetex-base: /etc/texmf/plain/language.def
>     
> Seems like a circular link.

Have you been using older versions of the experimental packages, too?  I
must admit that I didn't take care for upgrades from 2.9x to later 2.9x
or 3.0.  

If this is the case, simply remove the link and get the needed file from

http://cvs.debian.org/*checkout*/tetex-base/tex/plain/config/Attic/language.def?rev=1.1.2.1&cvsroot=tetex&hideattic=0 

If you just have upgraded from unstable's version, this is a bug I have
to investigate.

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer