Bug#492655: First installation crashes with an error about /usr/local/texmf/emacs

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

Hi Steve,

On So, 27 Jul 2008, Steve Cotton wrote:
> I was also going to report this.  Just adding the bits of my
> report that aren't covered by Neil.

Thanks, yes, that is all the same.

> c) Successfully runs the second time it is run.

Because:

> # create empty dirs in /usr/local/share/
>     if [ ! -e /usr/local/share/texmf ]
>     then
>       if mkdir -p /usr/local/share/texmf 2>/dev/null
>       then
>         chown root:staff /usr/local/texmf/emacs
>         chmod 2775 /usr/local/share/texmf
>       fi
>     fi

The first time it created /usr/local/share/texmf and died in the stupid
emacs stuff. The second time it didn't go into that code.

That is the reason why my install/remove/install/purge/install tests
didn't show that problem, I have /usr/local/share/texmf since ages...

Thanks for the report.

Best wishes

Norbert

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