Hello Aaron, thank you for the hint about su -s, about the font checksum issue, I suspect a bug in the upstream code (goto jump directly into a nested construct).
Please can you try an installation after deleting the tree /var/lib/wims ? I'll fix the issue with the shell. Best regards, Georges. Aaron M. Ucko a écrit : > Package: wims > Version: 3.55-7 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > dpkg fails to configure wims 3.55-7 on my system, with the postinst's > font-generation step hitting a series of problems. The first problem > I ran into was that $tex2gif would silently exit with status 1; I > eventually figured out that this was because wims's shell was set to > /bin/false, presumably as a relic of the old version I previously had > installed. I would advise using su's -s flag rather than expecting > wims to have a valid shell: > > tex2gif="su wims -s /bin/sh -c $HTML_DIR/bin/tex..gif" > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > Having solved that, however, I ran into a checksum mismatch: > > } Setting up wims (3.55-7) ... > } Rendering fonts, sizes 63 to 173: 639A2C2221 != 00000073 > } /var/lib/wims/public_html/bin/tex..gif: Font checksum discord. > } dpkg: error processing wims (--configure): > } subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > } Errors were encountered while processing: > } wims > > Here are the contents of my system's /var/lib/wims/tmp/texgif.out: > > } This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4) > } (./texgif.tex > } dvi file: num=25400000, den=473628672, ratio=0.000016, mag=1200, density=76 > } This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) > } (texgf.mf > } Created image: 9x7 > } Output to /var/lib/wims/public_html/mathfonts/63/Delta.gif. > } This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4) > } (./texgif.tex > } dvi file: num=25400000, den=473628672, ratio=0.000016, mag=1200, density=76 > } Created image: 7x7 > } Output to /var/lib/wims/public_html/mathfonts/63/Gamma.gif. > } This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4) > } (./texgif.tex > } dvi file: num=25400000, den=473628672, ratio=0.000016, mag=1200, density=76 > } This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) > } (texgf.mf > > Please let me know if you need any additional information. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.1 > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages wims depends on: > ii adduser 3.90 Add and remove users and groups > ii apache2 2.0.55-4 next generation, scalable, > extenda > ii apache2-mpm-worker [ 2.0.55-4 high speed threaded model for > Apac > ii cdebconf [debconf-2. 0.103 Debian Configuration Management > Sy > ii chemeq 1.2-1 Parser for chemical formula and > eq > ii debconf [debconf-2.0 1.5.2 Debian configuration management > sy > ii fortunes 1:1.99.1-3 Data files containing fortune > cook > ii gap 4r4p7-1 Groups, Algorithms and > Programming > ii gnuplot 4.0.0-3 A command-line driven > interactive > ii imagemagick 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.9 Image manipulation programs > ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.33-4 GD Graphics Library version 2 > ii maxima 5.9.2-2 A fairly complete computer > algebra > ii pari-gp 2.3.0-1 PARI/GP Computer Algebra System > bi > ii tetex-bin 3.0-16 The teTeX binary files > ii tetex-extra 3.0-18 Additional library files of teTeX > ii units-filter 1.0-3 Parser for expressions > concerning > ii wims-modules 3.55-7 modules used by the WIMS server > > wims recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information: > * wims/reconfigure-webserver: apache2 > wims/restart-webserver: false > > -- Georges KHAZNADAR et Jocelyne FOURNIER 22 rue des mouettes, 59240 Dunkerque France. Téléphone +33 (0)3 28 29 17 70
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