Re: Bug#298884: tetex-bin fails to install
weg@indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg) wrote:
> I don't have a mirror but this file, tetex-bin 3.0-1, was
> available as per your announcement, some time ago.
> Its md5 checksum is:
> 5f9c43f9ebbbd6cdc67107fc05799d9d tetex-bin_3.0-1_i386.deb
Wherever it is from, it's the right file.
> Now I have extracted the file
> ./usr/share/tetex-bin/05TeXMF.cnf from
> tetex-bin_3.0-1_i386.deb, and it is identical to
> what I think I have posted. (At least as it is on
> my disk right now, of course renamed.) Line 70
> contains the definition I mentioned. I have
> changed only one line: TEXMFLOCAL =
> /usr/local/share/texmf instead of the original
> TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/share/texmf-local
Indeed, that's a bug. Must have slipped in somewhen, I'll fix it.
> I also found that the pk fonts could not be found
> because they could not be installed in
> VARTEXFONTS = /var/spool/texmf
> as defined in texmf.cnf. That is because the
> directory was not defined. Is this debian
> 'responsibility' to create this directory? Regardless,
> what is the recommended permission policy?
Another one. I must have lost parts of the patch I apply to 05TeXMF.cnf
during package building. The right location is /var/cache/fonts, and
this directory most probably does exist.
> I am hesitating at the moment. Could it wait for
> Monday?
Yes, please wait until the 3.0-2 versions are available (Monday or
Tuesday). This won't fix the circular symlink stuff, however.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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