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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:

 ,----
| 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
`-----

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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