Bug#421184: updmap machinery is not robust enough

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

tags 421184 + wontfix
thanks

On Fre, 27 Apr 2007, David Frey wrote:
> Please get rid of the updmap machinery, or at least, make it more
> robust.

This will not happen, as it is usefull to configure dvips, xdvi, pdftex
etc at the same time, configuring *all* this program by hand is over the
abilities of more or less all users.

Furthermore, the adaptions of the Debian packages (update-*,
/etc/texmf/updmap.d/, ...) are necessary due to the Debian Policy
(configuration kept over upgrades, over remove/install, ...).

> On most major LaTeX updates the update machinery fails and a manual
> syncwithtree or updmap-sys is necessary. 

Aehmm ... please read 
	Debian-on-TeX
documentation (in html, pdf, txt) in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/

You should not use syncwithtree, as the file updmap.cfg is a *GENERATED*
file. You should ONLY edit files in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/

> This is with locally installed fonts.

I have about 50 locally installed fonts and font packs, and I have a
config file /etc/texmf/updmap.d/90local.cfg and this works well.

Best wishes

Norbert

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Debian Developer <preining@debian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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