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

To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>
Cc: 602964@bugs.debian.org, Markus Michael Mueller <Markus.Michael.Mueller@lrz.de>, ucf@packages.debian.org
Subject: Bug#602964: dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure)
From: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:04:32 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 87botvjgkf.fsf@alhambra.kuesterei.ch>
Reply-to: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>, 602964@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20110926203854.GA3277@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> (Norbert Preining's message of "Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:38:54 +0900")
References: <4CD9AE1E.4070504@lrz.de> <20101110001220.GC31704@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <4CE10A21.2030002@lrz.de> <87sjyxknlj.fsf@alhambra.kuesterei.ch> <4E8030CB.90105@lrz.de> <87ipofkslr.fsf@alhambra.kuesterei.ch> <20110926203854.GA3277@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> On Mo, 26 Sep 2011, Frank Küster wrote:
>> Funny thing, GREP_OPTIONS...
>
> Maybe unset GREP_OPTIONS somewhere (ucf, dpkg, ...)?

As well as SED_OPTIONS, LS_OPTIONS, AWK_OPTS, and whatever.  No, think a
script provided for system maintenance can expect a "sane" environment.
What sane is may be a bit unclear, but setting ouptut options for such
tools clearly is not IMO.

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

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