Bug#602964: dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure)

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Markus Michael Müller <Markus.Michael.Mueller@lrz.de> wrote:

> as well, while registry itself has single number prefixes:
>
> 2:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
> 3:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
> 4:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
> 5:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
> 6:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
> 7:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
> 8:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
> 9:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
> 10:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
> 11:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
> 12:tex-common 	 /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg
> grub-pc 	 /etc/default/grub
>
> Does that mean, that I am going to run into the same problems on my
> laptop, too? 

I have no idea.  I do not see how the "number:" construct could enter
into the file.  We call ucfr with a hard-coded string as its first
argument (tex-common, of course), and in /usr/bin/ucfr this argument is
assigned "as-is" to the $pkg variable. 

Manoj, do you have an idea?

Regards, Frank
-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)