Package: tex-common Version: 6.05 Severity: normal With today upgrade available in unstable, after install at config time installation failed because tex-common failed because pdftext init command failed (in the log of tex-common).
Executing the faulty command manually shows: pdftex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=context -translate-file=cp227.tcx /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/mptopdf/mptopdf.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016/Debian) (INITEX) restricted \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx) (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/mptopdf/mptopdf.tex ! I can't find file `syst-tex.mkii'. l.73 \input syst-tex.mkii (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.73 \input syst-tex.mkii They are two version of this file, one in textlive-latex-base that was installed on my system but was not found by pdftext, the other is in the context package that is not installed by upgrade. Installing it, make the whole textlive config succeed. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.4.9 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.7 ii ucf 3.0036 tex-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages tex-common suggests: ii debhelper 9.20160403 Versions of packages texlive-base depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59 ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu4 ii texlive-binaries 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii ucf 3.0036 ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1 Versions of packages texlive-base recommends: ii lmodern 2.004.5-3 Versions of packages texlive-base suggests: ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.19~dfsg-1+b1 ii okular [postscript-viewer] 4:15.12.1-1 ii perl-tk 1:804.033-1+b2 pn xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer <none> Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.7 ii install-info 6.1.0.dfsg.1-6 ii libc6 2.23-0experimental2 ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1+b1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.4 ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3+b1 ii libgcc1 1:6.1.1-4 ii libgmp10 2:6.1.0+dfsg-2 ii libgraphite2-3 1.3.8-1 ii libgs9 9.19~dfsg-1+b1 ii libharfbuzz-icu0 1.2.6-2 ii libharfbuzz0b 1.2.6-2 ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1 ii libicu55 55.1-7 ii libkpathsea6 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii libmpfr4 3.1.4-1 ii libpaper1 1.1.24+nmu4 ii libpixman-1-0 0.33.6-1 ii libpng16-16 1.6.21-5 ii libpoppler57 0.38.0-3 ii libpotrace0 1.13-2 ii libptexenc1 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1 ii libstdc++6 6.1.1-4 ii libsynctex1 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii libtexlua52 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii libtexluajit2 2016.20160513.41080-2 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxaw7 2:1.0.13-1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 ii libxi6 2:1.7.6-1 ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-2 ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1 ii libxt6 1:1.1.5-1 ii libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-3 ii perl 5.22.2-1 ii t1utils 1.39-2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages texlive-binaries recommends: ii python 2.7.11-1 ii ruby 1:2.3.0+4 ii texlive-base 2016.20160520-1 ii tk [wish] 8.6.0+9 -- debconf information: tex-common/check_texmf_missing: tex-common/check_texmf_wrong: texlive-base/binary_chooser: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant: