Bug#334713: [Florian Cramer] Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because of missing mfw binary
Forwarding Florian's answer, since I got it privately. ---BeginMessage--- Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2005 um 23:41:22 Uhr (+0200) schrieb Florent Rougon: Hi, Please tell us what you get from: # cnf=$ni The following: cnf: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf mfw mfw - mf.ini As said, the error happens when I install tetex from scratch. Bests, -F -- gopher://cramer.plaintext.cc http://cramer.plaintext.cc:70 ---End Message--- -- Florent
Bug#334713: [Florian Cramer] Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because of missing mfw binary
Florent Rougon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following: cnf: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf mfw mfw - mf.ini As said, the error happens when I install tetex from scratch. Maybe you think it is from scratch, but actually isn't? Because with: # dpkg -P tetex-extra tetex-bin tetex-base tetex-doc texinfo tex-common followed by: # apt-get install tetex-bin tetex-extra I get: # cnf=$($(kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFMAIN)/texconfig/tcfmgr \ dquote cmdsubst --cmd find --file fmtutil.cnf) \ echo cnf: $cnf grep mfw $cnf; unset cnf cnf: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf # i.e., mfw does *not* appear in fmtutil.cnf. I don't know why (maybe this format is obsolete), but it explains why I don't get the error you reported. -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#334713: [Florian Cramer] Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because of missing mfw binary
Florent Rougon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Florent Rougon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following: cnf: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf mfw mfw - mf.ini As said, the error happens when I install tetex from scratch. Maybe you think it is from scratch, but actually isn't? Yes, the entry in fmtutil.cnf that uses mfw must be either a local change or (unlikely) from a buggy package. i.e., mfw does *not* appear in fmtutil.cnf. I don't know why (maybe this format is obsolete), but it explains why I don't get the error you reported. mfw was the name of the mf binary with X11 support, mf-nowin is the name without. In 2.0, /usr/bin/mf was a symlink to /usr/bin/mfw, now it the binary itself is called /usr/bin/mf. I think this is an upstream change, but restoring the old behavior probably won't hurt anybody. We could also create the reverse symlink (mfw - mf), but then we get problems in case we want to split of a tetex-bin-nowin package and want /usr/bin/mf to be managed with update-alternatives. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
Bug#334713: [Florian Cramer] Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because of missing mfw binary
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 12:40 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: mfw was the name of the mf binary with X11 support, mf-nowin is the name without. In 2.0, /usr/bin/mf was a symlink to /usr/bin/mfw, now it the binary itself is called /usr/bin/mf. I think this is an upstream change, Yes, this is an upstream change. teTeX 2.0.2 compilde from source has mf - mfw mf-nowin mfw teTeX 3.0 compiled from source has mf mf-nowin but restoring the old behavior probably won't hurt anybody. We could also create the reverse symlink (mfw - mf), but then we get problems in case we want to split of a tetex-bin-nowin package and want /usr/bin/mf to be managed with update-alternatives. ACK cheerio ralf
