Vincent McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: tetex-extra > Version: 2.0.2c-8 > Followup-For: Bug #310321 > > > I just tried to install tetex-extra after aptitude helpfully removed > it instead of upgrading it. > > the sequence of events > vi /etc/apt/sources.list (convert to 'sarge' source lines) > aptitude update > aptitude install aptitude > aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade > apt-get install xpdf gv > apt-get install tetex-extra > > postinst fails on three parts of the install > `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed > `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' failed > `pdfetex -ini -jobname=mptopdf -progname=mptopdf mptopdf.tex' failed
Thanks for the detailed typescript. The error message that causes all these three jobs to fail is ! pdfetex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path). So we need to know whether the right pool file is found. What is the output of kpsewhich --progname=pdfetex pdfetex.pool ls -l `kpsewhich --progname=pdfetex pdfetex.pool` dpkg -S `kpsewhich --progname=pdfetex pdfetex.pool` md5sum `kpsewhich --progname=pdfetex pdfetex.pool` Thank you in advance, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer