Bug#671610: dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure)

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

subhuman <discipline@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 5 May 2012 23:42:38 +0900
> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>
>> 
>> > Setting up tex-common (3.10) ...
>> > rm: cannot remove /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf': No such file or directory
>> 
>> Did you *upgrade* or make a new installation?
>
> a new installation on a brandnew hdd (well, some weeks ago, and i've
> run a few upgrades since then). i never manually remove anything i
> don't know what it means (and from all the tex-related stuff i haven't
> even the faintest spur of knowledge, hence wouldn't dare
> interefering). however, whenever i run an apt-get autoremove i always
> do it with the --purge option set.

Then, maybe, it is a *different* package that removed
/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf?  Do you have dpkg logfiles, and could you check
whether there were any tex-related removals? 

Regards, Frank

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