Bug#824853: tex-common: package installation fails
Package: tex-common
Version: 6.05
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
When installing the package, I get this:
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Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Building format(s) --all.
This may take some time...
fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.XhM3okGl
Please include this file if you report a bug.
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Checking the content of the referenced file, I get this:
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fmtutil [INFO]: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=context -translate-file=cp227.tcx mptopdf.tex </dev/null' return status 1
fmtutil [ERROR]: return error due to options --strict
fmtutil [INFO]: Disabled formats: 3
fmtutil [INFO]: Successfully rebuilt formats: 16
fmtutil [INFO]: Failed to build: 1 (pdftex/mptopdf)
fmtutil [INFO]: Total formats: 20
fmtutil [INFO]: exiting with status 1
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Running the failed command manually, I get this:
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root@host:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c# pdftex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=context -translate-file=cp227.tcx mptopdf.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016/Debian) (INITEX)
restricted \write18 enabled.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/mptopdf/mptopdf.tex
! I can't find file `syst-tex.mkii'.
l.73 \input syst-tex.mkii
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
l.73 \input syst-tex.mkii
No pages of output.
Transcript written on mptopdf.log.
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It looks like syst-tex.mkii file is not part of any of the recent batch of texlive packages.
The package search lists the texlive-latex-base package for this file, but it doesn't have it.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.17.26
ii ucf 3.0030
tex-common recommends no packages.
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 9.20150101
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu4
ii texlive-binaries 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii ucf 3.0030
ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.4-5
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.20.0-3
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.19~dfsg-1+b1
ii gv [postscript-viewer] 1:3.7.4-1
ii okular [postscript-viewer] 4:15.08.3-1
ii perl-tk 1:804.033-1+b2
pn xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer <none>
Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on:
ii dpkg 1.17.26
ii install-info 5.2.0.dfsg.1-6
ii libc6 2.22-9
ii libcairo2 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u1
ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3
ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3+b1
ii libgcc1 1:6.1.1-4
ii libgmp10 2:6.0.0+dfsg-6
ii libgraphite2-3 1.3.6-1~deb8u1
ii libgs9 9.19~dfsg-1+b1
ii libharfbuzz-icu0 0.9.35-2
ii libharfbuzz0b 0.9.35-2
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii libicu55 55.1-7
ii libkpathsea6 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii libmpfr4 3.1.4-1
ii libpaper1 1.1.24+nmu4
ii libpixman-1-0 0.32.6-3
ii libpng16-16 1.6.21-5
ii libpoppler57 0.38.0-3
ii libpotrace0 1.12-1
ii libptexenc1 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii libstdc++6 6.1.1-4
ii libsynctex1 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii libtexlua52 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii libtexluajit2 2016.20160513.41080-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.12-2+b1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1
ii libxi6 2:1.7.4-1+b2
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-1
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-3
ii perl 5.22.2-1
ii t1utils 1.38-4
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages texlive-binaries recommends:
ii python 2.7.9-1
ii ruby 1:2.1.5+deb8u2
ii texlive-base 2016.20160520-1
ii tk [wish] 8.6.0+8
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