Re: new lmodern package

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> What about the following idea:
>
> a) /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg exists
>   - if the file was unchanged, remove it
>   - if the file is changed, only add a magic header
>
> b) /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg does not exist
>   - the SAVED_CONFIG_FILE exists, ie if the 
>      old lmodern was removed but not purged:
> 	- if SAVED_CONFIG_FILE is the same as the original CONFIG_FILE
> 	  remove it
> 	- if SAVED_CONFIG_FILE was changed
> 	  move it to the right /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ location, and
> 	  add a magic header
>   - also SAVED_CONFIG_FILE is missing
>     (the user has deleted the updmap.d config file)
>     create the same updmap.d config file as in the new package, but
>     with all Map items commented out
>
> Comments?

That sounds consistent, policy-conformant and as user-friendly as
possible.  

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)