Bug#354517: Include additional checks in update-language
On Mit, 01 Mär 2006, Frank Küster wrote:
> On the other hand, for a Debian utility like update-language (I know,
> update-fontlang) it makes sense to make just a simple check - this would
> catch errors that are more specific to Debian and its modularized setup:
> Buggy packages; people who mix up installation into TEXMFHOME and
> TEXMFLOCAL, etc.
sic
> + if [ -z $(kpsewhich -format=tex $hyph) ] ; then
> + cat >&2 <<EOF
> +The config file $fn references a file not in the kpathsea database:
> + $hyph
> +This may be ok, but it could also be a typing error.
> +EOF
> + fi
> + done
>
> This means that if update-* is called before mktexlsr, there will be
> that spurious warning. But in many cases it doesn't make sense to move
> mktexlsr earlier, because it must be called "in the end" anyway.
I consider update-* WITH the option --check NOT suitable to be put into
a postinst script.
I would consider it only as a QA check when testing packages, or when a
sysadmin wants to check his local changes, or whatever.
So this - for me - is not a problem. I would recommend NOT to use
--check in maintainer scripts, exactely due to what you mentioned.
Best wishes
Norbert
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