Bug#427169: tetex-base - update-updmap: cannot read /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

clone 427169 -1
reassign -1 gpsbabel
retitle -1 should build-dep on texlive package
user debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org
usertag -1 builddep-tetex-ftbfs

retitle 427169 tetex-base missed dependency on tex-common
severity 427169 normal

thanks

Hi Bastian, hi all!

On Sam, 02 Jun 2007, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > Automatic build of gpsbabel_1.3.3-1 on debian-31.osdl.marist.edu by sbuild/s390 98
> [...]
> > Setting up tetex-base (2007-8) ...
> > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> > debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
> > debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
> > debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
> > debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
> > debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
> > update-updmap: cannot read /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg
> > dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > Setting up tex-common (1.7) ...

See the above control magic for what are the problems. The tetex-base
dep will be fixed and the next release.

Best wishes

Norbert

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