Bug#437797: Unable to install texlive-base-bin 2007-12, and texlive-base 2007-10 fmtutil-sys failed

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

On Die, 14 Aug 2007, chrisg wrote:
> micehice:~# dpkg --force-confmiss -i
> /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-base*
[...]
> (Reading database ... 170020 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace texlive-base 2007-10 (using
> ..../texlive-base_2007-10_all.deb) ...
[...]
> ! I can't find file `modes'.
> l.3 \input modes

This is strange, after a --force-confmiss it should work. Do you have
	/etc/texmf/metafont/misc/modes.mf
present?

If yes, then please send the md5sums of /etc/texmf/texmf.d/, if no,
strange.

Best wishes

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
Debian Developer <preining@debian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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