Hi If I install that thailatex deb manually wiht dpkg, then tex-common manages to finish configuring.
0 root@sudan:~#dpkg --configure -a Processing triggers for tex-common ... Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. Running mtxrun --generate. This may take some time... done. Building latex-based formats --byhyphen /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat. This may take some time... done. Building e-tex based formats --byhyphen /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def. This may take some time... done. 0 root@sudan:~# Will this fix make it into the texlive-backports PPA for precise? Regards, Jan On 3 October 2012 12:21, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <t...@linux.thai.net>wrote: > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Jan Groenewald <j...@aims.ac.za> wrote: > > > > On 3 October 2012 10:34, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan > > <t...@linux.thai.net>wrote: > > > >> The latest version is 3.13. And thailatex requires tex-common (>= 3.4). > >> How did the build pass in the first place? > > > > I am testing texlive-backports on precise, though other users experience > > this problem > > on an upgrade to quantal as well. > > And tex-common version in the backports is? > (Sorry, I have no idea about versions in Ubuntu.) > > The point is that thailatex should be built against tex-common (>= 3.4) > to get rid of the postinst error. > > For quantal, I've checked the 0.5.0-2 binary deb [1], and the buggy code > has been removed from postinst. So, the bug should be gone. > > [1] > > ftp://ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/t/thailatex/thailatex_0.5.0-2_all.deb > > Regards, > -- > Theppitak Karoonboonyanan > http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027661 > > Title: > thailatex and texlive-latex-base errors when upgrading from 12.04 -> > 12.10 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thailatex/+bug/1027661/+subscriptions > -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027661 Title: thailatex and texlive-latex-base errors when upgrading from 12.04 -> 12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thailatex/+bug/1027661/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs