Package: tetex-bin Version: 3.0-14 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
Here's what I get: root> apt-get install tetex-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: tetex-base Suggested packages: tetex-extra gs-gpl gs-esp gs-afpl gv postscript-viewer xpdf-reader pdf-viewer texi2html dvipng chktex lacheck rubber sam2p Recommended packages: tetex-doc dialog perl-tk The following NEW packages will be installed: tetex-base tetex-bin 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded. Need to get 26.0MB of archives. After unpacking 86.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main tetex-base 3.0-15 [22.4MB] Get:2 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main tetex-bin 3.0-14 [3555kB] Fetched 26.0MB in 3s (8396kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base. (Reading database ... 67751 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking tetex-base (from .../tetex-base_3.0-15_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package tetex-bin. Unpacking tetex-bin (from .../tetex-bin_3.0-14_i386.deb) ... Setting up tetex-base (3.0-15) ... done Creating config file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc with new version Setting up tetex-bin (3.0-14) ... Creating config file /etc/texmf/fmt.d/01tetex.cnf with new version Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ... fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in /tmp/tetex.postinst.XXPsNQXI Please include this file if you report a bug. dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tetex-bin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It appears (maybe) that there is a problem with one of the install scripts (postinst?) that either fails to put fmtutil.cnf in the right place, or installs it and then deletes it, or..? Note that: /tmp/tetex.postinst.XXPsNQXI is a file of zero size. Thanks for any help you might be able to render, -- Steve Lane -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (800, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-phabrix040 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.71 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.15.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.13.16 package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib hi libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkpathsea4 3.0-14 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.14-5 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-3 PDF rendering library ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management hi libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii mime-support 3.35-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor ii tetex-base 3.0-15 Basic library files of teTeX ii ucf 2.005 Update Configuration File: preserv ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends: ii libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files pn perl-tk <none> (no description available) ii psutils 1.17-21 A collection of PostScript documen ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe -- debconf information: tetex-bin/cnf_name: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]