Bug#402651: texlive-base-bin: texdoctk does not work

[didischuster@arcor.de (Dieter Schuster)]

Package: texlive-base-bin
Version: 2005.dfsg.2-6
Severity: minor

After changing my tex-system from tetex to texlive, the programm
texdoctk does not start anymore. It produces the error messages:

dieter@Pegasos:~$ texdoctk 
Global symbol "$distdocpath_tetex" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 659.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_texlive" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 659.
Global symbol "$texmfdist_tetex" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 743.
Global symbol "$texmfdist_texlive" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 744.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_tetex" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 757.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_texlive" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 758.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_tetex" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 974.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_tetex" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 974.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_texlive" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 975.
Global symbol "$distdocpath_texlive" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 975.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/texdoctk line 1407.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-grsec-grsec
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on:
ii  ed                        0.2-20         The classic unix line editor
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-9    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.5-5          Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.15~beta5-0 PNG library - runtime
ii  libpoppler0c2             0.4.5-5        PDF rendering library
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.3-4      X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                   1:1.0.2-4      X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxmu6                   1:1.0.2-2      X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4                   1:3.5.5-2      X11 pixmap library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.2-2      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  mime-support              3.39-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  texlive-common            2005.dfsg.2-4  TeX Live: Base component
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-13     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends:
ii  perl-tk                      1:804.027-7 Perl module providing the Tk graph

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.9      Debian configuration management sy
ii  ucf                           2.0017     Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to:
pn  tetex-base                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-bin                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-extra                   <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
  tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
  tex-common/singleuser: false