Bug#360127: tex-common: explain default handling of /var/cache/fonts group
Package: tex-common
Version: 0.20
Severity: wishlist
On the latest upgrade I was asked how to handle permissions in
/var/cache/fonts. The message includes
"If you accept, you can specify a group name" and "If you accept, font
generation will only work for users that have been added to the group
you chose".
This gave me the impression that I was going to be asked for the name
of a group, but I wasn't.
It would be helpful to reword the message and output the name of the
default group. After the fact it was easy to see what group the
directory belonged to, but I found the dialogue a bit misleading.
Maybe the group name is only asked at low-priority? If so, it might
be useful to have different messages for different priorities, but I
suspect debconf doesn't do that.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
tex-common recommends no packages.
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
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 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 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 3.0-15 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 3.0-17 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-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX
ii tetex-bin 3.0-15 The teTeX binary files
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tex-common/groupname: users
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
* tex-common/managecache: true
tetex-base/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
tex-common/cnf_name:
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