Re: What are the correct (font) dependencies for div-to-X converters?
From: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
> > So if you have to depend on fonts, I would suggest to depend only on
> > the package that includes "dvips", i.e. either texlive-base-bin or
> > tetex-bin. I think that in this regard, dvi2ps (and dvipng) should be
> > treated the same way as dvips.
> >
> > You might add something in the package description clarifying that DVI
> > conversion tools also need to have the same fonts as the original
> > author used. That's all one can do, IMHO.
>
> Well, I'm not going to do anything of the above. It's just that I found
> that dvi2ps and dvipng depend only on tetex-base, and thus don't
> guarantee that the infrastructure for finding fonts is there: Instead of
> "foo not found" you'll get "mktexpk: No such file or directory". That's
> a RC bug IMO, and I wanted to suggest a sane alternative. I guess it's
> "texlive-bin-base|tetex-bin".
ACK.
There is a problem with MakeTeXPK creating false PK fonts when it
can't find certain (CJK) fonts, but I'll report this problem when I've
gathered more info about it.
Best
Danai SAE-HAN
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