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Re: Help with configuration order



On Fre, 23 Dez 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> I don't think this is a short-term solution.  *Normally* a package that
> wants to execute fmtutil-sys (which is provided by a TeX system) in its
> postinst will have to depend on a TeX system.  In the rare cases where
> this is not appropriate (e.g. with texinfo), the postinst has to take

Ok, accepted, so I will do it in texinfo.

> [1] BTW you should really consider to apply
> http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-tetex/tetex-bin/trunk/debian/patches/patch-poppler?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
> to texlive's pdftex.

Sure? Do you see less security holes in poppler than in xpdf? I patched
the security fix for xpdf, so this should not be the problem. OTOH, I
have read that poppler also has its security problems.

I will consider it, after inclusion, not now.

Best wishes

Norbert

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