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Bug#1058452: tex-common: "fmtutil failed" in post-installation script



The log contains

fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile pdfxmltex.ini for pdfxmltex/pdftex not found.
fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile xmltex.ini for xmltex/pdftex not found.

These seem to be missing

Norbert

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Dec 12, 2023 20:09:29 Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu>:

> Package: tex-common
> Version: 6.18
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: none, Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu>
> 
> On recent upgrades, setting up tex-common fails with the following error
> (regenerated using 'apt install -f'):
> 
>   # apt install -f
>   Setting up tex-common (6.18) ...
>   Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
>   Running mtxrun --generate. This may take some time... done.
>   Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
>   Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
>   Building format(s) --all.
>           This may take some time...
>   fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
>   /tmp/fmtutil.amiyTgkU
>   Please include this file if you report a bug.
> 
>   dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):
>    installed tex-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    tex-common
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> I've attached /tmp/fmtutil.amiyTgkU
> 
> The relevant lines may be its last lines:
> 
>   fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile pdfxmltex.ini for pdfxmltex/pdftex not found.
>   fmtutil [WARNING]: inifile xmltex.ini for xmltex/pdftex not found.
>   fmtutil [INFO]: disabled formats: 1
>   fmtutil [INFO]: successfully rebuilt formats: 43
>   fmtutil [INFO]: not available formats: 2
>   fmtutil [INFO]: failed to build: 2 (pdftex/pdfxmltex pdftex/xmltex)
>   fmtutil [INFO]: total formats: 48
>   fmtutil [INFO]: exiting with status 2
> 
> The exit status of 2 makes me think that it results from there being two
> unavailable formats.
> 
> p.s. This error seems different from bug #1051243 (which involved locale
> errors).
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
> 
> Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
> Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
> ii  ucf  3.0043+nmu1
> 
> tex-common recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
> ii  debhelper  13.11.8
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.82
> ii  libpaper-utils         1.1.29
> ii  sensible-utils         0.0.20
> ii  texlive-binaries       2023.20230311.66589-8
> ii  ucf                    3.0043+nmu1
> ii  xdg-utils              1.1.3-4.1
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
> ii  lmodern  2.005-1
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
> ii  evince [postscript-viewer]        45.0-1
> ii  ghostscript [postscript-viewer]   10.02.1~dfsg-1
> ii  gv [postscript-viewer]            1:3.7.4-2+b1
> ii  mupdf [pdf-viewer]                1.23.7+ds1-1
> ii  okular [postscript-viewer]        4:23.08.1-2
> ii  perl-tk                           1:804.036+dfsg1-1
> ii  xpdf [pdf-viewer]                 3.04+git20220601-1+b2
> pn  xzdec                             <none>
> ii  zathura-pdf-poppler [pdf-viewer]  0.3.2-1
> ii  zathura-ps [postscript-viewer]    0.2.7-2+b2
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on:
> ii  libc6           2.37-13
> ii  libcairo2       1.18.0-1
> ii  libfontconfig1  2.14.2-6
> ii  libfreetype6    2.13.2+dfsg-1
> ii  libgcc-s1       13.2.0-8
> ii  libgraphite2-3  1.3.14-1
> ii  libharfbuzz0b   8.0.1-1
> ii  libicu72        72.1-4
> ii  libkpathsea6    2023.20230311.66589-8
> ii  libmpfr6        4.2.1-1
> ii  libpaper1       1.1.29
> ii  libpixman-1-0   0.42.2-1
> ii  libpng16-16     1.6.40-2
> ii  libpotrace0     1.16-2
> ii  libptexenc1     2023.20230311.66589-8
> ii  libstdc++6      13.2.0-8
> ii  libsynctex2     2023.20230311.66589-8
> ii  libteckit0      2.5.11+ds1-1+b1
> ii  libtexlua53-5   2023.20230311.66589-8
> ii  libx11-6        2:1.8.7-1
> ii  libxaw7         2:1.0.14-1
> ii  libxi6          2:1.8-1+b1
> ii  libxmu6         2:1.1.3-3
> ii  libxpm4         1:3.5.17-1
> ii  libxt6          1:1.2.1-1.1
> ii  libzzip-0-13    0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1
> ii  perl            5.36.0-10
> ii  t1utils         1.41-4
> ii  zlib1g          1:1.3.dfsg-3
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-binaries recommends:
> ii  dvisvgm       3.1.2+ds-1
> ii  texlive-base  2023.20231007-1
> 
> Versions of packages texlive-binaries suggests:
> pn  hintview               <none>
> pn  texlive-binaries-sse2  <none>
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant:
> * texlive-base/binary_chooser: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi


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