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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-17
Severity: serious

Attempted to install package:

[nemesis@saturn] ~$ sudo apt-get install tetex-bin
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tetex-bin
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 279 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3912kB of archives. After unpacking 8929kB will be used. Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package tetex-bin.
(Reading database ... 43658 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking tetex-bin (from .../tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb) ...
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-17) ...
Regenerating /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
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)
[nemesis@saturn] ~$

Added line to /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-bin.postinst:
set -x


[nemesis@saturn] ~$ sudo dpkg --configure tetex-bin
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-17) ...

<< snip >>

Regenerating /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ... done
+ db_get tetex-bin/fmtutil
+ echo 'GET tetex-bin/fmtutil'
+ local 'IFS=
'
+ local _LINE
+ read -r _LINE
+ RET=true
+ return 0
+ '[' Xtrue = Xtrue ']'
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20011202-5.1
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -L /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/update-fmtutil ']'
+ /usr/sbin/update-fmtutil -v
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
+ db_get tetex-bin/upd_map
+ echo 'GET tetex-bin/upd_map'
+ local 'IFS=
'
+ local _LINE
+ read -r _LINE
+ RET=true
+ return 0
+ '[' Xtrue = Xtrue ']'
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20021025-7
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -L /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/update-updmap ']'
+ /usr/sbin/update-updmap -v
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
+ VARFONTSFILE=/etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian
+ '[' '!' -e /etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian ']'
++ kpsewhich '--expand-var=$VARTEXFONTS'
+ vardir=/var/cache/fonts
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20011202-8
+ '[' /var/cache/fonts = /var/cache/fonts ']'
+ '[' -d /var/spool/texmf ']'
+ '[' -n /var/cache/fonts ']'
+ grep -q '^/var/cache/fonts$' /etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian
+ '[' -f /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat ']'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ unset CUR_LDAT
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
tetex-bin
[nemesis@saturn] ~$


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.23
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.25 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 1.16.2woody1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.9.21 Package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-19 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-4 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-16 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.14-0.3 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii mime-support 3.18-1.3 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.0.9-3 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 2.0.2a-2 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 1.06 Update Configuration File: preserv ii xlibs 4.1.0-16woody1 X Window System client libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1-5 compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
* tetex-bin/hyphen:
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-bin/upd_map: true
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true


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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-17
Followup-For: Bug #265247



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-5 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-17 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.14-0.3 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.1-2 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 2.0.2a-2 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 1.07 Update Configuration File: preserv ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
* tetex-bin/hyphen: bahasa, basque, catalan, croatian, czech, german[=austrian-alte_Rechtschreibung], ngerman[=naustrian-neue_Rechtschreibung], danish, dutch, finnish, french[=patois], greek, icelandic, italian, latin, magyar, norsk[old], norsk[nohyphb.
tex], norsk[nohyphbc.tex], portuges, romanian, russian, slovak, slovene, spanish, turkish, ukrainian[ukrhyph.tex]
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-bin/upd_map: true
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true


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On 12.08.04 Peter Dey ([email protected]) wrote:

Hi Peter,

Sorry for late response: we were fixing other grave bugs.

Added line to /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-bin.postinst:
set -x

[nemesis@saturn] ~$ sudo dpkg --configure tetex-bin
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-17) ...

<< snip >>

Regenerating /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf ... done
+ db_get tetex-bin/fmtutil
+ echo 'GET tetex-bin/fmtutil'
+ local 'IFS=
'
+ local _LINE
+ read -r _LINE
+ RET=true
+ return 0
+ '[' Xtrue = Xtrue ']'
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20011202-5.1
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -L /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/update-fmtutil ']'
+ /usr/sbin/update-fmtutil -v
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
+ db_get tetex-bin/upd_map
+ echo 'GET tetex-bin/upd_map'
+ local 'IFS=
'
+ local _LINE
+ read -r _LINE
+ RET=true
+ return 0
+ '[' Xtrue = Xtrue ']'
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20021025-7
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -f /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -L /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/update-updmap ']'
+ /usr/sbin/update-updmap -v
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
+ VARFONTSFILE=/etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian
+ '[' '!' -e /etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian ']'
++ kpsewhich '--expand-var=$VARTEXFONTS'
+ vardir=/var/cache/fonts
+ dpkg --compare-versions '' lt 1.0.7+20011202-8
+ '[' /var/cache/fonts = /var/cache/fonts ']'
+ '[' -d /var/spool/texmf ']'
+ '[' -n /var/cache/fonts ']'
+ grep -q '^/var/cache/fonts$' /etc/texmf/varfontdirs.debian
+ '[' -f /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat ']'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ unset CUR_LDAT
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
tetex-bin
[nemesis@saturn] ~$

What puzzles me here is, that CUR_LDAT is not set at all. An "unset
CUR_LDAT" will give me an exit status of non zero if CUR_LDAT is not
defined at all. This is only the case if the file /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat does not exist at
all. This file is a soft link, which should point to
/etc/texmf/language.dat and is contained in the tetex-bin package.
As you see on your debug output from above the file does not exist.
Could you please try to find out why not? Did you build the packages
yourself? Is there a full HD or something similar?

* tetex-bin/hyphen:

<snip>

* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true

You decided to manage your language.dat using debconf, but didn't
select any language patterns. I don't think it has something to do
with the breakage above, but it doesn't make sense.

Lukas: You're in Cc. Are you sure your setup fails for the same
reason? Could you please check the debug output as done by the
original submitter?

Regards,
Hilnar
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Sorry for late response: we were fixing other grave bugs.

Not a problem at all :)

What puzzles me here is, that CUR_LDAT is not set at all.

Hmm, I've tried `dpkg --configure tetex-bin`, and you're right, CUR_LDAT
isn't actually defined/set at any point...

/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
/etc/texmf/language.dat

The above to files don't exist....

and is contained in the tetex-bin package.

Doing a little poking around in tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb;

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ find . -iname "language.dat" ./usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat

So it appears that language.dat is in the tetex-bin package.. but not where
you expected it.

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ ls /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
fontmath.cfg fonttext.cfg language.dat preload.cfg

And indeed, it's been put there.

Did you build the packages yourself?

Nope, just did a simple apt-get install.

Is there a full HD or something similar?

[nemesis@saturn] ~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb2 12025592 5703880 5710844 50% /

Plenty of space free.

* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true

You decided to manage your language.dat using debconf, but didn't
select any language patterns.

Out of interest, is there a way to select the language patterns manually?
e.g. `dpkg --configure tetex-lang` or something ?

Cheers,
Peter Dey




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On 14.08.04 Peter Dey ([email protected]) wrote:

Hi,

/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
/etc/texmf/language.dat

The above to files don't exist....

/etc/texmf/language.dat is copied from
/usr/share/tetex-base/language.dflt during postin of tetex-bin if not
already present (fresh installation).

and is contained in the tetex-bin package.

Doing a little poking around in tetex-bin_2.0.2-17_i386.deb;

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ find . -iname "language.dat" ./usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat

So it appears that language.dat is in the tetex-bin package.. but
not where you expected it.

No, it is exactly where I expect to find it. Problem: Why is it not
on your system after the deb has been unpacked?

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ ls /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
fontmath.cfg fonttext.cfg language.dat preload.cfg

And indeed, it's been put there.

So, why is CUR_LDAT unset? Does dpkg --configure work now?

Is there a full HD or something similar?

[nemesis@saturn] ~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb2 12025592 5703880 5710844 50% /

Plenty of space free.

...and I guess df -i gives you enough free inodes.

Out of interest, is there a way to select the language patterns
manually? e.g. `dpkg --configure tetex-lang` or something ?

dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin or editing language.dat manually.

H.
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/etc/texmf/language.dat is copied from
/usr/share/tetex-base/language.dflt during postin of tetex-bin if not
already present (fresh installation).

Okay, tried manually copying
/usr/share/tetex-base/language.dflt
to /etc/texmf/language.dat

ran dpkg --configure tetex-bin
(this still has the set -x modification in the postinst):

Running initex. This may take some time. ...
+ /usr/bin/fmtutil --all
Error: `etex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
Error: `etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex
*pdfelatex.ini' failed
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.

############################################################################ ###
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
/var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details. ############################################################################ ###

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`etex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
`etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini' failed
+ echo

+ echo 'fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in'
fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
+ echo /tmp/tetex.postinst.XXUrsZRg
/tmp/tetex.postinst.XXUrsZRg
+ echo 'Please include this file if you report a bug.'
Please include this file if you report a bug.
+ exit 1
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
tetex-bin

No, it is exactly where I expect to find it. Problem: Why is it not
on your system after the deb has been unpacked?

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ ls /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
fontmath.cfg fonttext.cfg language.dat preload.cfg

Well, it's there, but it hasn't been copied to /etc/texmf/language.dat...

So, why is CUR_LDAT unset? Does dpkg --configure work now?

(see above) -- nope.




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On 14.08.04 Peter Dey ([email protected]) wrote:

Hi,

/etc/texmf/language.dat is copied from
/usr/share/tetex-base/language.dflt during postin of tetex-bin if not >already present (fresh installation).

Okay, tried manually copying
/usr/share/tetex-base/language.dflt
to /etc/texmf/language.dat

ran dpkg --configure tetex-bin
(this still has the set -x modification in the postinst):

Running initex. This may take some time. ...
+ /usr/bin/fmtutil --all
Error: `etex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
Error: `etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex
*pdfelatex.ini' failed

<snip>

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`etex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex *latex.ini' failed
`etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex *pdflatex.ini' failed `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini' failed + echo

Great! And what you see here is probably #263343, which has been
fixed in latest upload of tetex-base. Comment the line "For use with ngerman.sty (neue Rechtschreibung):" (put a % in front) to get
tetex-bin installed.

[nemesis@saturn] ~/tmp$ ls /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
fontmath.cfg fonttext.cfg language.dat preload.cfg

Well, it's there, but it hasn't been copied to
/etc/texmf/language.dat...

It is copied in postinst of tetex-bin. Unfortunately at first the
script failed a long time before this was done.

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Great! And what you see here is probably #263343, which has been
fixed in latest upload of tetex-base. Comment the line "For use with >ngerman.sty (neue Rechtschreibung):" (put a % in front) to get
tetex-bin installed.

Woohoo!! Thanks very much :)

Strange how no-one else was experiencing the same problem as me though...

Cheers,
Peter Dey



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On 15.08.04 Peter Dey ([email protected]) wrote:

Hi all,

Great! And what you see here is probably #263343, which has been
fixed in latest upload of tetex-base. Comment the line "For use with >ngerman.sty (neue Rechtschreibung):" (put a % in front) to get
tetex-bin installed.

Woohoo!! Thanks very much :)

Strange how no-one else was experiencing the same problem as me
though...

So, we could theoretically close that bug?
Lukas, you're in Cc. Do you see exactly the same or do you see the
package just not installing for any other reason? Could you please
post debug ouput, if the latter is the case?

Thanks,
Hilmar
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On 15.08.04 Peter Dey ([email protected]) wrote:

Hi,

Great! And what you see here is probably #263343, which has been
fixed in latest upload of tetex-base. Comment the line "For use with >ngerman.sty (neue Rechtschreibung):" (put a % in front) to get
tetex-bin installed.

Woohoo!! Thanks very much :)

Strange how no-one else was experiencing the same problem as me
though...

I've got a response from Lukas privatly. He's probably only seeing
that tetex-base bug. However he's now on vacation so he can't further
help us to investigate.
I'd like you to close that bug now. Would you be so kind to do so by
sending an E-Mail to [email protected] with a short
explanation if you agree?

Thanks,
Hilmar
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