Bug#300159: tetex-extra: Fails to install (debconf-loadtemplates: command not found)

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

reassign 300159 ucf
stop

On 18.03.05 Miles Bader (miles@lsi.nec.co.jp) wrote:

Hi,

> I tried to install tetex from experimental.
> 
> I normally use unstable, but in this case I used `aptitude -t
> experimental' to see experimental updates.
> 
> Other new tetex package seemed  to install correctly, tetex-extra
> failed with these messages:
> 
>    Installing new version of config file /etc/texmf/latex/listings.cfg ...
>    /usr/bin/ucf: line 55: debconf-loadtemplates: command not found
>    dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure):
>     subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>    Errors were encountered while processing:
>     tetex-extra
> 
The command is called usr/bin/debconf-loadtemplate and is contained
in debconf-utils. It is called from the ucf command. As we in tetex
don't call the command directly[1] but rather ucf I'm reassigning.
Thanks for the report!

Regards,
  Hilmar

[1]
preusse@preusse ~ $ zgrep debconf-loadtempla tetex-base_3.0-2.diff.gz
preusse@preusse ~ $
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