Bug#357983: tetex-bin: mktexmf can't write new .mf files
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 3.0-14
Severity: grave
Hi !
I just discovered that mktexmf can't write to /var/cache/fonts (and below)
anymore, making it impossible for any user to process LaTeX files requiring
the generation of new font descriptions.
An excerpt from the compilation log is given below:
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| kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecsx0800
| mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecsx0800
| This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4)
| kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecsx0800
| /usr/bin/mktexmf: line 92: mf9738.tmp: Permission denied
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The workaround is to add the concerned user to the 'users' group in
/etc/group. Indeed, this group has the s bit set for /var/cache/fonts and
below.
Note for the reader potentially suffering from this problem: adding you to
this group is not enough. It is not even enough to start a new shell. You have
to really login again (or maybe newgrp would suffice ?) for the change to take
effect. If somebody can explain this to me, I'm interested.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.71 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.3-1 GCC support library
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-12 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkpathsea4 3.0-14 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-5 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-3 PDF rendering library
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++6 4.0.3-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.8-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.4-5 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 3.0-15 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends:
ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn libxml-parser-perl <none> (no description available)
pn perl-tk <none> (no description available)
ii psutils 1.17-21 A collection of PostScript documen
ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
-- debconf information:
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
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