In fact, this problem is taken care of by the dh_installtex snippets, and the approach is closer to "ignore errors but display a warning" than to "run the commands iff tex-common is configured, not ignoring errors":
,----[ From lmodern's current postrm ] | case "$1" in | remove|disappear) | dhit_check_run_without_errors -silent update-updmap --quiet | dhit_check_run_without_errors -silent update-language | dhit_check_run_without_errors -silent update-fmtutil | if dhit_libkpathsea_configured; then | dhit_check_run_without_errors mktexlsr | fi | for i in map ; do | if [ "$i" = map ] ; then | dhit_libkpathsea_configured && \ | dhit_check_run_without_errors updmap-sys | fi | if [ "$i" = format ] ; then | for fmt in ; do | rm -f /var/lib/texmf/web2c/$fmt.* | done | fi | if [ "$i" = language ] ; then | if dhit_libkpathsea_configured && \ | which fmtutil-sys >/dev/null; then | dhit_build_hyphen_format_if_format_exists \ | latex $(kpsewhich language.dat) | fi | fi | done | ;; `---- Maybe tetex-base should do the same, or something similar. -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
