Bug#385532: /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

reassign 385532 tex-common
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On 01.09.06 Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu@malaterre.com) wrote:

Hi,

> In order to install pdftricks.sty, I had to install a package from
> unstable: texlive-pdfetex. Doing so I get:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get install -t unstable texlive-pdfetex
> ...
> Selecting previously deselected package tex-common.
> Unpacking tex-common (from .../tex-common_0.28_all.deb) ...
> mktemp: option requires an argument -- p
> Usage: mktemp [-V] | [-dqtu] [-p prefix] [template]
> mktemp: option requires an argument -- p
> Usage: mktemp [-V] | [-dqtu] [-p prefix] [template]
> cp: missing destination file operand after
> `/usr/share/tex-common/00updmap.cfg'
> Try `cp --help' for more information.
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 90: cfgval: command not found
> Selecting previously deselected package texlive-common.
> ...
> 
AFAICT this is rather a bug in the tex-common package and it is
sitting in the preinst script. Just to make sure, we know what is
going on: Please add the following two lines below the "#!/bin/sh -e"
(first line) in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.preinst:

exec > /tmp/non_existing_file 2>&1
set -x

and run again "dpkg --configure tex-common". Compress the resulting
file in /tmp and send it in.

Regards,
  Hilmar
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