Re: Bug#379089: Configuration file shadowed?

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

Dear all!

I am trying to fix this bug. AFAIS we have to:
- install the mktex.cnf back into /etc/texmf/web2c
- remove the debconf warning in config(.in)
- adapt NEWS and README

Here is a diff I prepared for current tex-common, please comment,
especially if we have to do more...

Index: rules
===================================================================
--- rules	(revision 1563)
+++ rules	(working copy)
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
 	grep -v '^[ \t]*#' scripts/postinst-tex > $(INSTDIR)/usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/postinst-tex
 
         # fontcache stuff with proper permissions
-	install -d $(INSTDIR)/usr/share/texmf/web2c/
-	install -m 644 texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf $(INSTDIR)/usr/share/texmf/web2c/
+	install -d $(INSTDIR)/etc/texmf/web2c/
+	install -m 644 texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf $(INSTDIR)/etc/texmf/web2c/
 # 	mkdir --mode=1777 $(INSTDIR)/var/cache/fonts/pk
 # 	mkdir --mode=1777 $(INSTDIR)/var/cache/fonts/tfm
 # 	mkdir --mode=1777 $(INSTDIR)/var/cache/fonts/source
Index: config.in
===================================================================
--- config.in	(revision 1563)
+++ config.in	(working copy)
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@
 # test whether mktex.cnf exists in TEXMFSYSCONFIG and warn the user
 # mktex.cnf in TEXMFCONFIG will have the same effect, but all we can provide
 # in this case is the message in NEWS.Debian
-if [ -f /etc/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf ]; then
-  db_input medium tex-common/warn_mktexcnf || true
-  db_go
-fi
+#
+# disabled, we ship mktex.cnf again in /etc/texmf/web2c/, see bug 379089
+#if [ -f /etc/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf ]; then
+#  db_input medium tex-common/warn_mktexcnf || true
+#  db_go
+#fi
 
 
 
Index: NEWS
===================================================================
--- NEWS	(revision 1563)
+++ NEWS	(working copy)
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
     where $HOME is not writable, fonts will be temporarily cached in
     /tmp/texfonts. 
   
-  * mktex.cnf change
-  
-    The change described above has been implemented by installing
-    /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf.  If you have a mktex.cnf in
-    TEXMFSYSCONFIG or TEXMFCONFIG with local additions, it would shadow
-    the new file, and font caching may not work until you transfer the
-    setting of MT_FEATURES to your configuration file.
-  
   * Breakage with TeXLive
   
     The texlive packages as of version 2005-2 do not automatically create
Index: README.Debian
===================================================================
--- README.Debian	(revision 1563)
+++ README.Debian	(working copy)
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
  overwritten in a file that sorts before 05TeXMF.cnf, e.g.  
  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/04VARTEXFONTS.cnf.  Do not forget to run
  update-texmf after making the change.  To enable a side-wide font
- caching the admin should copy /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf to
- /etc/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf and use 'varfonts' instead of 'texmfvar' in
- MT_FEATURES.  Care should be taken to specifiy appropriate permissions
+ caching the admin should edit /etc/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf and use 
+ 'varfonts' instead of 'texmfvar' in MT_FEATURES.  
+ Care should be taken to specifiy appropriate permissions
  for the directory containing the font cache.  Either the local admin
  should create all available font data and not allow write access, or
  else write access should be limited to trusted users.  Yet an other


Comments? Did I miss something?

Best wishes

Norbert

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