Re: Bug#235401: tetex-bin: Fails to install in chroot

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Hi APT team,

you've probably noticed that already, but just to make sure I send this
mail. We have grave bug report against tetex-bin which is triggered only
when apt-utils is not intalled:

Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 2.0.2-8
> Severity: grave
>
> When I try to use pbuilder to build a package which Build-Depends on
> tetex-bin, I get the messages:
>
> Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-8) ...
> Generating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf ... done
> Generating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
> Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
> Running initex. This may take some time. ...
> Error: `tex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed
[...]

The reason why I contact you is that we don't make any use of apt-utils
in config or postinst, so I cannot see the connection (and I also can't
find any obvious errors in our code). 

So if you've got an idea, I'd be glad to hear from you.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie