Bug#1031949: tex-common: fmtutil fails to copy logs, installation fails
The issue is reported against texlive-binaries:
#922500 .
Hilmar
26.02.2023 10:24:20 Gard Spreemann <gspr@nonempty.org>:
>
> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> writes:
>
>>> that my user had set. But it still seems like a bug that postinst fails
>>> if the system doesn't have a certain locale. Or maybe I'm viewing this
>>> incorrectly?
>>
>> Yes, you do ;-)
>>
>> Certain programs, in this case luatex, require correct locale setup to
>> work. It would be nice if we could detect these problems beforehand and
>> warn the user with a clear message, but also this is non-trivial.
>>
>> If the locale are incorrectly setup, there is not much to do but fail.
>>
>> Think about: You could configure to set your shell to
>> /bin/IamNotThereBash
>> and it would of course create a lot of problems. Maintainer scripts
>> cannot work around all possible misconfiguration of a system.
>
> Fair enough - you've convinved me :-)
>
> But should this bug remain open, with lowered severity and a better
> title and description, to document this fact for users? Unless there's
> already a bug covering this matter.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Best,
> Gard
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