Package: tetex-bin Version: 3.0-14 Severity: grave
Hi ! I just discovered that mktexmf can't write to /var/cache/fonts (and below) anymore, making it impossible for any user to process LaTeX files requiring the generation of new font descriptions. An excerpt from the compilation log is given below: ,---- | kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecsx0800 | mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecsx0800 | This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) | kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecsx0800 | /usr/bin/mktexmf: line 92: mf9738.tmp: Permission denied `----- The workaround is to add the concerned user to the 'users' group in /etc/group. Indeed, this group has the s bit set for /var/cache/fonts and below. Note for the reader potentially suffering from this problem: adding you to this group is not enough. It is not even enough to start a new shell. You have to really login again (or maybe newgrp would suffice ?) for the change to take effect. If somebody can explain this to me, I'm interested. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686 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 2.15.3 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 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.0.3-1 GCC support library ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-12 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 ii libstdc++6 4.0.3-1 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 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.4-5 The GNU sed stream editor ii tetex-base 3.0-15 Basic library files of teTeX ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends: ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe pn libxml-parser-perl <none> (no description available) 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]