Bug#302286: tetex-bin: postinst fails with Error: `tex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Sven Koch <haegar@sdinet.de> wrote:

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 2.0.2-27
> Severity: important
>
>
> Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-27) ...
> Merging information from /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ into /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ...
> done
> Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
> Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
> Running initex. This may take some time. ...
> Error: `tex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed
> Error: `etex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
[...]
> ###############################################################################
> fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
> Visit the log files in directory
>   /var/lib/texmf/web2c
> for details.
> ###############################################################################

Can you send us the file /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.log?  Furthermore,
there is probably a file in /tmp/ (or in TMPDIR if you have set this
variable) with the name "tetex.postinst.XXXXXXX" with the Xs replaced by
random characters and digits.  Please also send this file.

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