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Re: FTBFS because building fonts fails



> Dear TeX maintainers,
> 
> I'm sort of puzzled by an FTFS I'm seeing in my package ppl that just got
> accepted into the archive. Please see [1] for the complete log, but in essence
> the following fails:
> 
> ======================
> 
> Running mktextfm ptmr8t
> mkdir: cannot create directory `././home/buildd/.texmf-var': Permission denied
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ptmr8t
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> kpathsea: Running mktexmf ptmr8t
> 
> ! I can't find file `ptmr8t'.
> <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ptmr8t
>                                                   
> Please type another input file name
> ! Emergency stop.
> <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ptmr8t
>                                                   
> Transcript written on mfput.log.
> grep: ptmr8t.log: No such file or directory
> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ptmr8t' failed to make ptmr8t.tfm.
> 
> ======================
> 
> As a TeX user I'm quite used to the fact that font metrics get built on demand,
> but apparently this is impossible in a buildd run!? Am I missing any dependency?
> BTW: LaTeX is called by doxygen, so it's just about building the documentation,
> but anyway, this must work...
>

Hmm, is it correct that I'm missing the build-dep on texlive-fonts-recommended?

Sorry for the noise,
Michael

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