Bug#633011: /usr/bin/tex crashes on every *.tex file

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Hi Norbert,

Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch> wrote:

> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>
>> Does that mean we have to upload both texlive-base and texlive-bin
>> together? Or is texlive-bin independent enough to be uploaded
>> alone?
>
> I think texlive-bin can be uploaded alone.

I have decided to back out the papersize patch in texconfig, because it
does not only add new features, but also changes existing ones to call
ucf.  This might cause problems, since texlive-base is intended to put
the file under ucf control initially.

I also added the patch originally submitted to #633011. I didn't follow
the upstream replies, if any - so please check that before uploading.

>  I'll do the final patch
> testing now,  and texlive-bin-only afterwards.

The papersize patches are okay and tests are ready, but that's in terms
of real code. There might be more: man pages, documentation, and
considering the versioned dependencies (texlive-base now will need
texlive-binaries with the patch I just backed out).

So I suggest to upload texlive-binaries as currently in SVN, after
testing. I am building the package at the moment. But I might not have
enough time for testing this evening, and I cannot really predict
tomorrow evening. I know, however, that I'm away after that an won't be
able to do any work on the weekend; maybe on Monday evening; after that
thursday is the earliest opportunity.

Regards, Frank

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Frank Küster
Sprecher B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)