Bug#358330: fmtutil-sys: use local user texmf.cnf when configuring system wide files
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 3.0-15
Severity: minor
As my HOME is nfs mounted with root-squash enable (ie root cannot access
my HOME dir), I noticed that fmtutil-sys try to load my local texmf.cnf:
[...]
Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ...
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
/users/huron/danjean/texmf.cnf: Permission denied
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ... done.
To avoid this, I need to do a "su -" (sudo and/or su without "-" option
is not sufficient).
Note that I think that with "su -", fmtutil-sys still try to look at the
user config file. However, as root's home is local, I do not have such
messages.
Can't the fact that fmtutil-sys try to read the user config file lead
to bad system-wide config file (if the user config file is badly
written) ? I am not sure of that, hence the minor serverity.
Best regards,
Vincent
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 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 libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1.2 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 3.0-15 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 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 0.52.2-2 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tex-common 0.19 Common infrastructure for using an
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tetex-base 3.0-15 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
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