Bug#388115: tetex-base: postinst fails, can not upgrade
On Mit, 20 Sep 2006, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> > 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.
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> It is (probably) not included. The problem is that the .dpkg-new one is
> te correct one in this case.
No, the mechanism does not include .dpkg-new file at all. But it also
does not include the base file (in this case 40jadetex.cnf) into the
fmtutil.cnf if there is a 40jadetex.cnf.dpkg-new
Best wishes
Norbert
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Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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