Put this file in /var/spool/texmf/fonts/tfm, this should fix the problem. I had the same problem, the package developer mailed me this file. Hope this helps, Shaya -- Shaya Potter spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, David Morris wrote: > Last week I tried to remove and then reinstall Babel3.6-4 and faced the > same bug that someone wrote about last week (I had previously sent a bug > report in to the bug-reports address). The error involved MakeTeXTeX > filling the drive with the endless loop of trying to make a non-existent > (that I can have yet to find) manfnt.mf (if I remembering correctly). > > dpkg now sees this package sitting there broken. it can't install it and > it can't purge it because it always gets stuck in this loop. > > I haven't heard anything back about either the bug report or the message > in this list. > > How can this be fixed? > > So far anything I've wanted to install has gone very smoothly. Do I have > to completely remove TeX and then reinstall it? (ugh) or is there someway > to get Babel to either get installed or purged (I really don't need it, > but it won't hurt to have it there) > > I was content to just have it sit there broken while waiting for word from > someone, but now I find that I can't use TeX or LaTeX because it thinks > Babel is still there and functional. > > -- > David Morris bweaver@worf.netins.net > --- > The fundamental question in life is whether we live it from the > outside in or from the inside out. - Fritz Perls (founder, Gestalt therapy) > --- > Home Page: http://www.netins.net/showcase/dmorris/ > --- > >
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