On 18.03.2015 09:25, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Am Di den 17. Mär 2015 um 23:01 schrieb Hilmar Preuße:
Hi, >>> ~> pdflatex tengtest.tex >> The error message above is helpful "perhaps Parmaite_alt is missing from the >> map file.", which is correct. > > Well, that is not true. In my > /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/tengwarscript/tengwarscript.map > from texlive-fonts-extra version 2014.20141024-1 there is the font in > the 4. line. > Yes, the map file is present, but not included in the map file, which is read my pdftex during run time. They are located below /var/lib and are updated/recreated by the steps I told you. > However, that map seems to get ignored. So, wrongly installed. > No, not registered. >> The reason is: the file Parmaite_alt.ttf is not part of the Debian >> distribution; it has to be downloaded manually: > > So the fonts are not correctly installed as I state in the bug report. > Correct. >> http://at.mansbjorkman.net/parmaite.htm . About the reason not to include it >> I can only guess, but the copyright notice, is rather a cry for "do not >> include me!" [1]. > > Well, for me that license looks free and compatible with debian. > I'd leave to decision about this to other people. > However, there is only two solutions for that. > 1. Include the full fonts and register the map properly (Not only the > .tfm and .vf files that are already included) > 2. Or do not deliver any part of that fonts and state in README.Debian > that and why that fonts are not available. > You're right that installing some piece of software only partially is not a good idea. We'll discuss the legal part, else we'll completely remove the tengwar stuff from Debian. H. -- sigfault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org