Bug#388115: tetex-base: postinst fails, can not upgrade
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:46:33PM +0400, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi all!
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> I cannot actually check something since I am in Georgia and far away from any of my computers, kut I have some questions/comments:
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> ..... Original Message .......
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:07:33 +0200 "Frans Pop" <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> >Looks like the 40jadetex.cnf.dpkg-new is there because jadetex cannot jet
> >be configured and so the old version of the config file is still used.
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> Yes, this is true, it seems to be like this. BUT: Why is the snippet at all included in the fmtutil.cnf file??? The new update-* code ??? added (who was it?) should make sure that the snippets with a .dpkg-new file are *not* included.
It is (probably) not included. The problem is that the .dpkg-new one is
te correct one in this case.
Frank
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> So could it be that tetex-* doesnt call update-fmtutil at the beginning of the postinst script? this would explain why this happened, at least this is my semi-qualified opinion from the crystal-ball ...
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> Bye bye, I am back on Monday for checking stuff.
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> Ahh yes Ralf: I assume that the original bug report did go to the maintainer. What I dont understand is why the NMU is numbered -7?
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> Best wishes
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> Norbert
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> Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> Università di Siena
> Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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