Package: tetex-bin Version: 3.0-16 Severity: important If /var/cache/fonts/ is unwritable (for example if the user isn't in the correct group), mktextfm fails:
| (/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)kpathsea: Running | mktextfm ecrmmkdir: cannot create directory | `././var/cache/fonts/tfm/jknappen': Permission demktextfm: mktexdir | /var/cache/fonts/tfm/jknappen/ec failed. | kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. causing the entire (La)TeX process to fail. This seems undesirable and unneeded; mktextfm should perhaps try to put the generated fonts in /tmp/ or so. (or maybe the directory should be world-writable, or mktextfm and friends should be g+s for a group that can write there). The particular case that bit me was building a documentation package in pbuilder. The default pbuilder user in the chroot is not in the users group, and so any (La)TeX processing during the build process fails. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-rc6 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0 1.5.0 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.15.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-3 GCC support library ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkpathsea4 3.0-16 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.14-7 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5+cvs20060215-2 PDF rendering library ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-3 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 libxaw7 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 libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii mime-support 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends: ii libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files ii perl-tk 1:804.027-4 Perl module providing the Tk graph ii psutils 1.17-21 A collection of PostScript documen Versions of packages tetex-base depends on: ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii tex-common 0.22 Common infrastructure for using an ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on: ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX ii ucf 2.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information: tetex-base/olddat: true tetex-base/fmtutil-failed: tetex-bin/cnf_name: tetex-base/oldupdm: tetex-base/updmap-failed: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
