Re: Bug#354018: multex-bin: Should use fmtutil-sys instead of fmtutil

[Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de>]

Frank Küster wrote:
> Package: multex-bin
> Version: 0.8.1-7
> Severity: important
> 
>>From the postinst:
> 
> make_format()
> {
>     target=$1
>     formats=/var/lib/texmf/web2c
>     if ( fmtutil --byfmt ${target} 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ) ; then
>         /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd ${formats} ${target}.fmt

IMO this line is a bug, too. AFAIK one should (must?) not use absolute
paths in maintainer scripts. And just recently we talked on
debian-tetex-maint about moving these files to TEXMFDIST, too. It would
be better if you would use something like:

${MT_MKTEXUPD=`kpsewhich --format='web2c files' mktexupd`}


cheerio
ralf