Bug#688893: texlive-binaries: Outdated information in updmap.cfg man page
Hi Gabriel,
On Mi, 26 Sep 2012, Gabriel Kerneis wrote:
> man updmap.cfg says:
>
> SPECIAL TO DEBIAN
> In Debian the file updmap.cfg is a generated file sitting in /var. It is
> generated by concatenating the *.cfg files from /etc/texmf/updmap.d/.
> These files follow the syntax of updmap.cfg, but contain only parts of it.
Ugg, yes, that has to be fixed, sorry.
> Note that the directory /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/ has to be created by the
> user,
Yes, which is intended. Why should we create it?
> whereas /usr/share/texmf/web2c already exists but has a totally different
> purpose,
What do you mean with "purpose"? It has the purpose that some
configuration files in a TeX environment are found only when
they are in this directory.
There is nothing wrong here.
> which adds to the whole confusion about updmap on Debian (but this is
Which confusion? At the current moment updmap in Debian behaves
the very same way as it behaves in upstream TeX Live 2012, and this
is the way it will behave for the future.
So what about confusion?
THe paragraph in the NEWS files clearly explains what is going on.
The man page has to be fixed, I agree.
On Mi, 26 Sep 2012, Gabriel Kerneis wrote:
> Moreover, this directory is mysteriously ignored by updmap-sys unless
> mktexlsr is run at least once before. This should also be mentioned in the
Which is nothing specific to Debian, ... I guess you should
* read the documentation of kpathsea
info kpathsea
* read the configuration files:
/etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
* if you package any fonts, it might be useful to read the man page
of dh_installtex
man dh_installtex
Best wishes
Norbert
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