retitle 482631 please explain possible need to reinstall packages in NEWS.Debian clone 482631 -1 reassign -1 texlive-common thanks
Hi Matt, Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ! I can't find file `modes'. >> l.3 \input modes >> >> Please type another input file name: >> ! Emergency stop. >> l.3 \input modes >> >> Transcript written on mf.log. >> Error: `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf -translate-file=cp227.tcx >> mf.ini' failed > > texlive-base appears to contain /usr/share/texlive-base/modes.mf and > /etc/texmf/metafont/misc/modes.mf, but the latter wasn't present on my > system. Once I reinstalled texlive-base, texlive-base-bin configured > successfully. That was due to an old bug related to the teTeX-TeXLive-transition. It is already fixed both in the sense that those files will no longer be removed, and in the other sense that they will automatically be resurrected when you reinstall the package. There's nothing more we can do. Oh, there is: texlive-base-bin and texlive-common contain NEWS.Debian entries on this issue, but they are not complete. They explain what will happen to those rare guys who deliberately removed those files (which requires much hacking, normally it just leads to the type of errors you encountered). But it does not talk to the people with the much more frequent problem of "how do I get my system to work". I'll try to come up with a text and put it into those files. Thanks for reporting, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
