Bug#607857: texlive-base: don't put files under /usr/local (proposed patch)
reassign 607857 texlive-base
retitle 607857 postinst script of texlive-base creates /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
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On 24.12.10 Norbert Preining (preining@logic.at) wrote:
Hi,
> The question is *WHY* an ls-R file is created there, because none
> of *our* scripts (AFAIS) creates it, all call mktexlsr with
> a list of arguments, so do every package using dh_installtex and
> triggers.
>
I did a little experiment: I purged all of my TL installation from my
unstable box, made sure /usr/local/share/texmf is gone (rm -rf).
Then I installed the TL package one by one: tex-common,
texlive-common texlive-binaries, luatex, texlive-doc-base,
texlive-base. Between every package I checked if
/usr/local/share/texmf/ is still empty and right: after installing
texlive-base there is /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R !!
No, I can't see any other call for mktexlsr than this one: "mktexlsr
/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf /usr/share/texmf-texlive" and it
definitely does not create /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R . I'm afraid
we have to go through texlive-base.postinst step by step and check,
which step creates the file. Maybe it is even the preinst step, but
it doesn't look that way.
Just my 2 Cent.
H.
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