Re: dpkg: error processing texlive-common (--configure)

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:40:09 -0400, H.S. wrote:
> > In Debian testing, I am getting this error after an upgrade:
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Setting up texlive-common (2005.dfsg.3-1) ...
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-common.postinst: line 118: 
> > /usr/share/tex-common/tetex-bin-upgrade: No such file or directory
> > dpkg: error processing texlive-common (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> [ snip: more errors for packages that depend on texlive-common ]
>
> > What should I do next? It is probably not okay to leave the things in this 
> > state, is it?
>
> Seems to be this issue:
>
> #429753 [FIXED 2007-10]: texlive-commong post-install action fails, blocking tex/latex install
> #425270 [FIXED texlive-base 2007-7]: texlive-common: still calling tetex-bin-upgrade
>
> One of the follow-ups of #429753 suggests that it is enough to comment
> out line 118 in the post-installation script. (tetex-bin-upgrade is
> obsolete for Lenny; it only exists in the Etch version the tex-common
> package.) If that is the case then it should also be possible to provide
> a symlink to /bin/true as a "fake" tetex-bin-upgrade command:
>
> ln -s /bin/true /usr/share/tex-common/tetex-bin-upgrade
> dpkg --configure texlive-common
> rm -i /usr/share/tex-common/tetex-bin-upgrade
> aptitude install -f
>
> (You can of course also use apt-get for the last step if you prefer.)

Thanks. I will do as you suggest below, unless I have to use latex and 
see that I need to fix the package (in which case, I will try one of the 
above two methods).


> If you want to play it safe then you can simply wait for texlive-common
> 2007-10 to come to Lenny. This might still take a while, though:
>
> http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=texlive-base



regards,
->HS