Package: amstex Maintainer: Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 2.1-1
one of amstex's file seems to conflict with amsfonts, and it can't seem to find a tfm file it needs. This is the same error that was triggering massive multi-megabyte log files before, and I am thinking that error might related to xypic overwriting mflib's install-fmt-base, because at least with mflib's it does not go into an endless loop. [lestat:/usr/local/pub/debian/tex]# dpkg -i amstex_2.1-1.deb Selecting previously deselected package amstex. (Reading database ... 32759 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking amstex (from amstex_2.1-1.deb) ... dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/texmf/tex/amstex/base/amssym.tex', which is also in package amsfonts Setting up amstex (2.1-1) ... kpathsea: Running MakeTeXTFM manfnt.tfm Running MakeTeXPK manfnt.tfm mf \mode:=nullmode; mag:=1; scrollmode; input manfnt \</dev/null This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1) kpathsea: Running MakeTeXMF manfnt.mf I don't know how to generate manfnt.mf! ! I can't find file `manfnt.mf'. <*> ...=nullmode; mag:=1; scrollmode; input manfnt Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. <*> ...=nullmode; mag:=1; scrollmode; input manfnt Transcript written on mfput.log. Metafont failed for some reason on manfnt.tfm kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.