Bug#451968: texlive-formats-extra: fails to install after successfully building *some* formats

[Filippo Rusconi <listes.rusconi@laposte.net>]

Package: texlive-formats-extra
Version: 2007-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


# apt-get install texlive-formats-extra gives the output below:

8<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unpacking replacement texlive-formats-extra ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-formats-extra_2007.dfsg.1-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/latexconfig/mllatex.ini', which is also in package texlive-latex-base
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt eplain. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt mltex. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt mllatex. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt physe. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt phyzzx. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --byfmt texsis. This may take some time... done.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-formats-extra_2007.dfsg.1-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>8

Now:

when I run 

# locate mllatex.ini -> this is what I get:

/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/config/mllatex.ini
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/latexconfig/mllatex.ini

And now: 

# apt-file update
# apt-file search mllatex.ini -> gives this output:

texlive-formats-extra: usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/latexconfig/mllatex.ini
texlive-latex-base: usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/latexconfig/mllatex.ini

Congrats for a wonderful distribution !

Cheers, Filippo


-- Package-specific info:
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or 

http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)

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minimal input file


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other files


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-fr-20071024 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages texlive-formats-extra depends on:
ii  texlive-base                  2007-12    TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii  texlive-common                2007-12    TeX Live: Base component
ii  texlive-latex-base            2007-12    TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages

texlive-formats-extra recommends no packages.

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.5.16     Debian configuration management sy
ii  ucf                           3.003      Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages texlive-formats-extra 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: