Bug#589636: Dependency on 'ed' of texconfig is not declared

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Iustin Pop <iusty@k1024.org> wrote:

> texconfig uses ed, without declaring this as a dependency (and ed is
> only optional). Furthermore, it doesn't check the exit code of 'ed'
> calls, so it fails silently in case ed is missing.

Ah, maybe this is the issue that I raised in #586549, but didn't
remember clearly.  If we do "set -e" in texconfig, this *would* change
the behaviour.  I'm not sure whether ed has any interesting exit codes
itself, when it is present.

Regards, Frank

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Dr. Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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