Replying to myself, I've found at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454426 that this bug (which seems like the problem I'm
having) has been closed with:
the last releases of texlive-base and texlive-bin both resurrect the
missing modes.mf (etc) files which caused the breakage in the bug
report. Thus I am closing this bug.
So it seems that I just need to get texlive-base and texlive-bin installed properly. Anybody have any hints as to what will unclog
aptitude? The below messages appear (repeated over several times) whenever i invoke "aptitude install -f"
dpkg: error processing texlive-base-bin (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base:
texlive-base depends on texlive-base-bin (>= 2007-13); however:
Package texlive-base-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-fonts-recommended:
texlive-fonts-recommended depends on texlive-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-fonts-recommended (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-recommended:
texlive-latex-recommended depends on texlive-latex-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-latex-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-recommended (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive:
texlive depends on texlive-fonts-recommended (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-fonts-recommended is not configured yet.
texlive depends on texlive-latex-recommended (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-latex-recommended is not configured yet.
texlive depends on texlive-latex-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-latex-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-bin:
tetex-bin depends on texlive (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dvipdfmx:
dvipdfmx depends on tetex-bin | texlive-base-bin; however:
Package tetex-bin is not configured yet.
Package texlive-base-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dvipdfmx (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdvi:
kdvi depends on texlive-fonts-recommended; however:
Package texlive-fonts-recommended is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdvi (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdegraphics:
kdegraphics depends on kdvi (>= 4:3.5.8-2); however:
Package kdvi is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kdegraphics (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde:
kde depends on kdegraphics (>= 4:3.4.3); however:
Package kdegraphics is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-xcolor:
latex-xcolor depends on texlive-latex-recommended; however:
Package texlive-latex-recommended is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-xcolor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-generic-recommended:
texlive-generic-recommended depends on texlive-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-generic-recommended (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-pstricks:
texlive-pstricks depends on texlive-generic-recommended (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-generic-recommended is not configured yet.
texlive-pstricks depends on texlive-base (>= 2007-11); however:
Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-pstricks (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of prosper:
prosper depends on texlive-latex-base; however:
Package texlive-latex-base is not configured yet.
prosper depends on texlive-latex-recommended; however:
Package texlive-latex-recommended is not configured yet.
prosper depends on texlive-pstricks; however:
Package texlive-pstricks is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing prosper (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tipa:
tipa depends on texlive-base-bin; however:
Package texlive-base-bin is not configured yet.
tipa depends on texlive-latex-base; however:
Package texlive-latex-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tipa (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-base-bin
texlive-base
texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-latex-base
texlive-latex-recommended
texlive
tetex-bin
dvipdfmx
kdvi
kdegraphics
kde
latex-xcolor
texlive-generic-recommended
texlive-pstricks
prosper
tipa
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
charlie derr wrote:
I'm upgrading a sid machine (that's not been upgraded for years
probably). Over the last 18 hours (it's a pretty slow old beast) I've
gotten most of the way towards an updated system, but ran into a problem
late that I'm unsure how to address. I'm trying to avoid uninstalling
texlive-base-bin (and the packages it depends on), but if that's the
only way, I'll do it. Thanks much in advance for any suggestions.
~c
Setting up texlive-base-bin (2007.dfsg.1-2) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all.
This may take some time...
fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.LeoF4270
Please include this file if you report a bug.
Below is the first part of the contents of that file:
fmtutil: running `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf mf.ini' ...
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMF)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf
Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries,
basic constants and mathematical macros,
macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels,
macros and tables for various modes of operation,
macros for drawing and filling,
<snipped>
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde:
kde depends on kdegraphics (>= 4:3.4.3); however:
Package kdegraphics is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dvipdfmx:
dvipdfmx depends on tetex-bin | texlive-base-bin; however:
Package tetex-bin is not configured yet.
Package texlive-base-bin is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dvipdfmx (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex-xcolor:
latex-xcolor depends on texlive-latex-recommended; however:
Package texlive-latex-recommended is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing latex-xcolor (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-base-bin
tipa
texlive-base
texlive-generic-recommended
texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-pstricks
kdvi
texlive-latex-base
texlive
prosper
kdegraphics
texlive-latex-recommended
tetex-bin
kde
dvipdfmx
latex-xcolor
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
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