Bug#627380: texlive-base: Configuration file claims "do not edit this file"
Package: texlive-base
Version: 2009-11
Severity: normal
File: /etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf
The file /etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf claims that the file is not for
editing, which is a policy violation on a Debian system. However, I'm
quite sure it's just a wrong comment, in fact it's perfectly fine to
edit it if one is the sysadmin. Therefore, I suggest the following
patch to the file:
--- /etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf.orig 2011-05-20 10:44:25.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf 2011-05-20 10:45:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
# texdoc.cnf
#
-# DO NOT edit this file!
-#
-# For your personal or local setting, use one of the following files:
+# For personal settings, use one of the following files:
# (the star points to the recommended file for a user's personal settings)
# TEXMFHOME/texdoc/texdoc-<arch>.cnf
# (*) TEXMFHOME/texdoc/texdoc.cnf
@@ -12,7 +10,8 @@
# powerpc-darwin). You can get this list with variables expanded by typing
# texdoc -f
# Those are read by texdoc in this order, and former values
-# override later ones.
+# override later ones. On a Debian system, only TEXMFHOME/texdoc/texdoc.cnf
+# makes lots of sense.
#
# In those files, you can set your preferred viewer for various formats,
# some nice names (alias) for specific documentation, and your preferred default
Moreover, TEXMFHOME seems to be the wrong place. It should be
TEXMFCONFIG if I'm not mistaken.
Regards, Frank
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-6 Manage installed documentation in
ii luatex 0.60.2-1 next generation TeX engine
ii mime-support 3.48-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii tex-common 2.08.1 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-binaries 2009-8 Binaries for TeX Live
ii texlive-common 2009-11 TeX Live: Base component
ii texlive-doc-base 2009-2 TeX Live: TeX Live documentation
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.1-3 scalable PostScript and OpenType f
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii acroread [pdf-viewer] 8.1.3-0.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Doc
ii ghostscript [postscript 8.71~dfsg2-9 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii gv [postscript-viewer] 1:3.7.1-1 PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii kghostview [postscript- 4:3.5.9-3+lenny2 PostScript viewer for KDE
ii okular [postscript-view 4:4.4.5-2 universal document viewer
pn perl-tk <none> (no description available)
ii xpdf [pdf-viewer] 3.02-12 Portable Document Format (PDF) rea
ii xpdf-reader 3.02-12 Transitional package for xpdf
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-base is related to:
ii tex-common 2.08.1 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-binaries 2009-8 Binaries for TeX Live
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf changed:
viewer_pdf = (acroread %s) &
viewer_ps = (see %s) &
viewer_dvi = (see %s) &
viewer_html = (see %s) &
viewer_txt = (see %s) &
adjscore /Makefile = -1000
adjscore /tex-virtual-academy-pl/ = -50
adjscore(tex) texdoc = -10
adjscore(tex) tex-gyre = -10
adjscore(tex) tex-ps = -10
adjscore(latex) guide-to-latex = -10 # only usefull with the book
adjscore(latex) latex-web-companion = -10
adjscore(latex) tufte-latex = -10
adjscore(latex) cweb-latex = -10
adjscore(latex) duerer-latex = -10
adjscore(latex) cjw-latex = -10
adjscore(latex) ocr-latex = -10
adjscore(latex) Content_LaTeX_Package_Demo = -10
adjscore(latex) example_latex = -10
adjscore(latex) test_latex = -10
alias live = texlive-en
alias texlive = texlive-en
alias latex = latex-doc-ptr
alias symbols = symbols-a4
alias faq-en = newfaq
alias faq = newfaq
alias lshort = lshort-english/lshort # original
alias lshort-bg = lshort-bg #Â bulgarian
alias lshort-zh = lshort-zh-cn # chinese
alias lshort-nl = lshort-nl-1.3 # dutch
alias lshort-en = -english/lshort # english (original)
alias lshort-fi = lyhyt2e # finnish
alias lshort-fr = flshort-3.20 # french
alias lshort-de = l2kurz # german
alias lshort-it = itlshort # italian
alias lshort-ja = jlshort # japanese
alias lshort-pl = polish/lshort2e # polish
alias lshort-pt = ptlshort # portuguese
alias lshort-ru = lshortru # russian
alias lshort-sk = slshorte # slovak
alias lshort-sl = lshort-slovenian # slovenian
alias lshort-es = -spanish/lshort # spanish
alias lshort-th = lsh132 # thai
alias lshort-tr = lshort-tr # turkish
alias lshort-uk = lshort-ukr # ukrainian (package ukr, booh)
alias lshort-vi = lshort-vi # vietnamese
alias e-tex-ref = etex_man
alias etex-ref = etex_man
alias pdftex-ref = pdftex-a
alias xetex-ref = XeTeX-reference
alias luatex-ref = luatexref-t
alias etex-man = etex.man1
alias pdftex-man = pdftex.man1
alias luatex-man = luatex.man1
alias luatex-pkg = oberdiek/luatex.pdf
alias e-tex = etex_man
alias etex = etex_man
alias pdftex = pdftex-a
alias xetex = XeTeX-reference
alias luatex = luatexref-t
alias graphics = grfguide
alias graphicx = grfguide
alias color = grfguide
alias epsfig = grfguide
alias mathpazo = psnfss2e
alias mathptmx = psnfss2e
alias helvet = psnfss2e
alias avant = psnfss2e
alias courier = psnfss2e
alias chancery = psnfss2e
alias bookman = psnfss2e
alias newcent = psnfss2e
alias charter = psnfss2e
alias times = psnfss2e
alias palatino = psnfss2e
alias mathptm = psnfss2e
alias mathpple = psnfss2e
alias utopia = psnfss2e
alias amsmath = amsldoc
alias amslatex = amshelp
alias amscls = instr-l
alias amsart = instr-l
alias amsproc = instr-l
alias amsbook = instr-l
alias amsthm = amsthdoc
alias amsfonts = amsfndoc
alias amsrefs = amsrdoc
alias amslatex2 = technote
alias amsmath-dev = amsmath
alias amscls-dev = amsclass
alias amsart-dev = amsclass
alias amsproc-dev = amsclass
alias amsbook-dev = amsclass
alias koma-script = scrguien
alias koma = scrguien
alias scrartcl = scrguien
alias scrreprt = scrguien
alias scrbook = scrguien
alias typearea = scrguien
alias koma-script-de = scrguide
alias koma-de = scrguide
alias scrartcl-de = scrguide
alias scrreprt-de = scrguide
alias scrbook-de = scrguide
alias typearea-de = scrguide
alias tugboat = ltubguid
alias tugboat-plain = tubguide
alias ltugboat = ltubguid
alias ltugproc = ltubguid
alias caption = caption-eng
alias caption-de = caption-deu
alias caption-ru = caption-rus
alias caption-dev = caption.pdf
alias hyperref = hyperref/manual.pdf
alias hyperref-dev = hyperref.pdf
alias fontinst = fontinstallationguide
alias psfrag = pfgguide
alias bibtex = btxdoc
alias IEEEtran = IEEEtran_HOWTO
alias shortvrb = base/doc.pdf
alias metapost = mpman
alias iso = isoman
alias pstricks = pstricks-doc
alias extramarks = fancyhdr/fancyhdr
alias fonttable = fonttable/fonttable
alias biocon = biocon/manual.
alias makeindex = makeindex/makeindex
alias makeidx = makeindx
alias ltablex = ltablex.sty
alias comment = comment.sty
alias xstring = xstring_doc_en
alias xstring-fr = xstring_doc_fr
alias isomath = isomath.sty.pdf
alias ucs = ucs/FAQ
alias elsarticle = elsdoc
alias cite = /cite/README
alias chapterbib = /cite/README
alias drftcite = /cite/README
alias overcite = /cite/README
alias pdfslide = pdfslide/demo
alias t-angles = t-manual
alias texmate = texmate2manual
alias tree-dvips = tree-manual
alias cweb-latex = cweb-user
alias seminar = sem-user
alias barcode = eandoc.pdf
alias barr = diaxydoc.pdf
alias doublestroke = dsdoc.pdf
alias enctex = encdoc-e
alias enctex-cz = encdoc
alias hyplain = hydoc.pdf
alias jurabib = jbendoc
alias jurabib-de = jbgerdoc
alias juramisc = jmgerdoc
alias marvosym = marvodoc
alias musixtex = musixdoc
alias ofs = ofsdoc-e
alias ofs-cz = ofsdoc
alias petri-nets = pndoc
alias pst-geo = pst-map3d-doc
alias sanskrit = sktdoc
alias texguide = usrguide
alias lehman = fontinstallationguide
alias uktugfaq = newfaq
alias datenumber-de = datenumber/docgerman
alias index = ind
alias genfont1 = fntguide
alias psnfss = psnfss2e
alias astro = astrosym.txt
alias belleek = belleek/README
alias braille = braille/summary
alias brushscr = brushscr/AAA_readme
alias ocherokee = cherokee
alias cmsuper = cm-super/README
alias euro = eurosamp
alias fourier = fourier-doc-en
alias lmfonts = lm-info
alias t1enc1 = fontsmpl
alias yfonts = yfonts/readme
alias mfpic1 = mfpguide
alias dutch = rapdoc
alias montex = mlsquick
alias MeX = base/mex.html
alias akademia = tex-virtual-academy-pl/index.html
alias cyrillic = cyrillic/00readme.txt
alias otibet = otibet/unidoc
alias layouts = layman
alias texsis = texsis/base/README
alias startex = startex/base/guide
alias overpic = opic-rel
alias apmgraph = pmgraph
alias metapost0 = metapost/base/mpintro
alias metapost1 = metapost/base/mpman
alias metapost2 = metapost/base/mpgraph
alias metaobj = momanual
alias pgf = pgfmanual
alias tikz = pgfmanual
alias treetex = tree_doc
alias PSfrag = pfgguide
alias xypic1 = xyguide
alias xypic2 = xyrefer
alias pbdiagram = pb-manual
alias expressg = expeg
alias texpower = texpower/manual
alias prosper1 = prosper-tour
alias beamer = beameruserguide
alias ifmslide = ifmman
alias arydshln = arydshln-man
alias multirow = multirow/README
alias titletoc = titlesec
alias custom-bib = custom-bib/makebst
alias ascelike = ascexmpl
alias natbib2 = natnotes
alias adrconv = adrguide
alias tangles = t-angles/t-manual
alias mathenv = mdwtab
alias nath = nathguide
alias gnlogic = gn-logic14
alias footnote1 = mdwtools/footnote
alias footnote2 = yafoot/yafoot-man
alias umoline = umoline-man
alias labels1 = envlab/elguide
alias ticket = ticket/manual
alias newvbtm = newvbtm-man
alias lineno = ulineno
alias akletter = akletter/lettereng
alias isorot = isorot/rotman
alias MLTeX = mltex/mltex.txt
alias ecards = eCardsman
alias flcards = flashcards
alias tex4ht = tex4ht/mn.html
alias ppower4 = ppower4/report
alias pdfscreen = pdfscreen/manual-print
alias latex3 = ltx3info
alias latex3p = expl3/expl3
alias cjk = CJK
alias xmltex = xmltex/base/manual.html
alias musixlyr = mxlyrdoc
alias musictex = musicdoc
alias acmtrans = acmtr2e
alias aastex = aastex/aasguide
alias ieee = IEEEtran_HOWTO
alias nrc = nrc/userguide
alias kluwer = kluwer/usrman
alias spie = spie/article
alias psgo = psgo/README
alias cv = curve/curve
alias preprint = preprint/00readme.txt
alias sffms = sffms_manual
alias siunits = SIunits
alias 2in1 = 2in1.sty
alias 3parttable = 3parttable.sty
alias a4wide = a4wide.sty
alias a5comb = a5comb.sty
alias acromake = acromake.sty
alias advdate = advdate.sty
alias anonchap = anonchap.sty
alias askinclude = askinclude.sty
alias authoraftertitle = authoraftertitle.sty
alias bibcheck = bibcheck.sty
alias block = block.sty
alias bold-extra = bold-extra.sty
alias boxedminipage = boxedminipage.sty
alias braket = braket.sty
alias breakcites = breakcites.sty
alias cancel = cancel.sty
alias captdef = captdef.sty
alias capt-of = capt-of.sty
alias cases = cases.sty
alias changepage = changepage.sty
alias chbibref = chbibref.sty
alias chngcntr = chngcntr.sty
alias circle = circle.sty
alias concrete = concrete.sty
alias dblfloatfix = dblfloatfix.sty
alias endnotes = endnotes.sty
alias excludeonly = excludeonly.sty
alias fn2end = fn2end.sty
alias fncylab = fncylab.sty
alias fnpara = fnpara.sty
alias framed = framed.sty
alias ftcap = ftcap.sty
alias fwlw = fwlw.sty
alias hypernat = hypernat.sty
alias ifmtarg = ifmtarg.sty
alias import = import.sty
alias isonums = isonums.sty
alias kix = kix.sty
alias linsys = linsys.sty
alias listing = listing.sty
alias magaz = magaz.sty
alias midpage = midpage.sty
alias mitpress = mitpress.sty
alias morefloats = morefloats.sty
alias needspace = needspace.sty
alias nextpage = nextpage.sty
alias nolbreaks = nolbreaks.sty
alias notoccite = notoccite.sty
alias optional = optional.sty
alias oubraces = oubraces.sty
alias parskip = parskip.sty
alias path = path.sty
alias printlen = printlen.sty
alias relsize = relsize.sty
alias romanneg = romanneg.sty
alias sansmath = sansmath.sty
alias secdot = secdot.sty
alias section = section.sty
alias selectp = selectp.sty
alias sepnum = sepnum.sty
alias shadow = shadow.sty
alias showtags = showtags.sty
alias sphack = sphack.sty
alias statex2 = statex2.sty
alias statex = statex.sty
alias subfigmat = subfigmat.sty
alias tabls = tabls.sty
alias texilikecover = texilikecover.sty
alias threeparttable = threeparttable.sty
alias thrmappendix = thrmappendix.sty
alias titleref = titleref.sty
alias topcapt = topcapt.sty
alias truncate = truncate.sty
alias ulem = ulem.sty
alias underscore = underscore.sty
alias url = url.sty
alias varwidth = varwidth.sty
alias verbasef = verbasef.sty
alias verbdef = verbdef.sty
alias version = version.sty
alias vertbars = vertbars.sty
alias vrbexin = vrbexin.sty
alias vruler = vruler.sty
alias wrapfig = wrapfig.sty
lastfile_switch = true
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
--
Frank Küster
Vorstand B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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