On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 07:17:56AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Fre, 27 Apr 2007, David Frey wrote: > > Please get rid of the updmap machinery, or at least, make it more > > robust. > > This will not happen, as it is usefull to configure dvips, xdvi, pdftex > etc at the same time, configuring *all* this program by hand is over the > abilities of more or less all users.
That it is useful to configure the other programs is something I understand. But the double indirection thing is ugly. > Furthermore, the adaptions of the Debian packages (update-*, > /etc/texmf/updmap.d/, ...) are necessary due to the Debian Policy > (configuration kept over upgrades, over remove/install, ...). Ok. > > > On most major LaTeX updates the update machinery fails and a manual > > syncwithtree or updmap-sys is necessary. > > Aehmm ... please read > Debian-on-TeX > documentation (in html, pdf, txt) in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/ > > You should not use syncwithtree, as the file updmap.cfg is a *GENERATED* > file. You should ONLY edit files in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ I know. But the help text suggests to use it. Thanks, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]