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> reassign 388399 tex-common
Bug#388399: "mktexmf: line 92: mf31966.tmp: Permission denied" on alpha, mips
and mipsel
Bug reassigned from package `tetex-bin' to `tex-common'.
> severity 388399 normal
Bug#388399: "mktexmf: line 92: mf31966.tmp: Permissio
reassign 388399 tex-common
severity 388399 normal
retitle 388399 document that packages need to clean up their font cache
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Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> That's actually a good idea, yes. Package maintainers have to set
>> TEXMFVAR so something inside the current directory. I
[Frank, you seem to have a wrong mail alias for me somewhere;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is no longer in use, but that's where your cc: was
sent.]
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 09:32:16AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> > However, he also agrees with me that every package affected by this bug is
> > violating polic
Hi Ryan,
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:31:14AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>> > But if the package build requires access to $HOME/.texmf-var, that's still
>> > a
>> > bug that should be fixed;
>
>> No it doesn't require that. Only if there is a $HOME dir
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:31:14AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> > But if the package build requires access to $HOME/.texmf-var, that's still a
> > bug that should be fixed;
> No it doesn't require that. Only if there is a $HOME directory, and it
> is writable, then it is used. Otherwise /tmp/te
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:56:30PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > > I meant the the earlier security bug you mentioned. To me, the solution
> > > for the earlier bug as well as the current one looks like keeping the
> > > font cache in /var but maintaining it via a mktexmf user.
> > The problem i
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 08:19:22PM +0200, Ralf Stubner wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 18:12 +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > Frank Küster wrote:
> > > Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > So, if I understand that correctly, the bug was fixed by running mktexmf
> > > > as non-root, and
Ralf Stubner wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 18:12 +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > Frank Küster wrote:
> > > Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So, if I understand that correctly, the bug was fixed by running mktexmf
> > > > as non-root, and the change of the cache location i
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 18:12 +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Frank Küster wrote:
> > Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > So, if I understand that correctly, the bug was fixed by running mktexmf
> > > as non-root, and the change of the cache location is only a collateral.
> >
> > No
[Summary for the buildd people: We still need your input]
Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec
>> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/tfm/jknappen/ec
>> > make -C docs/psdoc
>> >
>> > So somewhere, there is a very, very wrong assumption that it
Frank Küster wrote:
> [Summary for the buildd people: We still need your input]
>
> Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec
> >> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/tfm/jknappen/ec
> >> > make -C docs/psdoc
> >> >
> >> > So somewhere, there is
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> clone 388399 -1
Bug#388399: "mktexmf: line 92: mf31966.tmp: Permission denied" on alpha, mips
and mipsel
Bug 388399 cloned as bug 390349.
> retitle -1 Font cache, when in /tmp, should use per-user directories
Bug#390349: "mktexmf: line 92: mf31966.tmp
clone 388399 -1
retitle -1 Font cache, when in /tmp, should use per-user directories
severity -1 important
submitter -1 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> So somewhere, there is a very, very wrong assump
Frank Küster wrote:
> [Summary for the buildd people: We still need your help]
>
> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > But if the package build requires access to $HOME/.texmf-var, that's still a
> > bug that should be fixed;
>
> No it doesn't require that. Only if there is a $HOME
[Summary for the buildd people: We still need your help]
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But if the package build requires access to $HOME/.texmf-var, that's still a
> bug that should be fixed;
No it doesn't require that. Only if there is a $HOME directory, and it
is writable, then
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 01:35:14PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:54:36AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> >> I'm resending this mail, and include the porters list with hope for some
> >> help. We really won't be able to debug this problem without contact to
> >> someone w
Hi,
despite all tips, this is still a plea to the people with access to the
buildds.
Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It looks like the build creates font files with root permissions, and
> can't alter them lateron when running without elevated privileges.
> So any environment with re
Frank Küster wrote:
> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:54:36AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> >
> >> I'm resending this mail, and include the porters list with hope for some
> >> help. We really won't be able to debug this problem without contact to
> >> so
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:54:36AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>
>> I'm resending this mail, and include the porters list with hope for some
>> help. We really won't be able to debug this problem without contact to
>> someone who has at least read access
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:54:36AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> I'm resending this mail, and include the porters list with hope for some
> help. We really won't be able to debug this problem without contact to
> someone who has at least read access to the affected buildds.
You can debug it by us
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Buildd admins,
>
> there seems to be a problem with packages that build-depend on tetex,
> which only manifests on the alpha, mips and mipsel buildds. We need
> your help to investigate this, please see below.
Nobody has answered quickly, but I fou
Dear Buildd admins,
there seems to be a problem with packages that build-depend on tetex,
which only manifests on the alpha, mips and mipsel buildds. We need
your help to investigate this, please see below.
Ralf Stubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The strange thing is that mktexmf, which is c
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