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

[Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>]

On 05.05.12 Norbert Preining (preining@logic.at) wrote:

Hi,

> > This is just the sub-bug. The initial problem (tex-common tries to
> > remove a file w/o checking if it exists (row 406 in tex-common
> > postinst) still exists.
> 
> 
> I disagree, these are two independent bugs. One about the tex-common
> trying ro remove texmf.cnf (which has to be here), and one about
> missing ulem, which breaks format building.
> 
Correct. But the submitter was ignorant enough to file only one bug
(AFAICT).  I'd work on the first issue and silently ignore the second
one, I guess the submitter understood that it was his fault.

> The one about texmf.cnf .... I don't know, butcan be easy be fixed,
> although it is the failure of the sysadmin.
> 
Not sure if it makes sense to investiage why /e/t/texmf.cnf was gone.
Maybe just replace "rm /etc/texmf..." by "rm -f /etc/texmf..." and
all is fine. Although this may hide a problem caused by another
package.

H.
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