[tex-live] Re: Debian TeX live packages are ready for testing

[Norbert Preining]

Dear Arne!

On Mit, 20 Jul 2005, Arne Jørgensen wrote:
> Okay. This is so exciting I just had to try :-)

Thanks for trying out, I comment:

> 1. `texlive-basic' conflicts with Debians `texinfo' package because
>    the file /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/dvips/epsf.tex is in both
>    packages (I just purged texinfo and proceeded).
>
> 2. Now I wanted to install `texlive-texinfo' but this conflicts with
>    Debians `info' packages because the file
>    /usr/share/man/man1/info.1.gz is in both packages (I just purged
>    info and proceeded).

I know, in the next version there will be txlive-texinfo which does not
include the info program, and which conflicts with texinfo.

> 3. My test document tried to generate some missing fonts, but failed
>    because `gsftopk' was missing (I then installed `texlive-binextra'
>    where it is present).

Which fonts, can I see a testrun, thanks.

> 4. There is no /var/cache/fonts directory so generating of fonts
>    failed until I created one myself (writable ny all users).

Uuups, ok.

> 5. I installed some more packages and at some point `fmtutil-sys
>    --all' stated to fail with:
> 
>         This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
>         `aleph -ini  -jobname=aleph -progname=aleph *aleph.ini' failed
>         `omega -ini  -jobname=omega -progname=omega omega.ini' failed
> 
>    This was before installing texlive-omega (which solved the problem)
>    and texlive-formatsextra.

This is because up to now I ship one fmtutil.cnf file regardless of what
formats are actually installed. I am just now working on a better
integration with tex-common and /etc/texmf/fmtutil.d which makes this
problem go away.

> 6. mathpazo.sty is installed with the package `texlive-latex' but uses
>    some font stuff or something from `texlive-mathextra' (at least
>    with my test document).

Again, please the document and the log file.

> 7. My test document also fails with \usepackage{lmodern}. From the
>    missfont.log:
> 
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmtt9
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+57/600 --dpi 657 ec-lmtt10
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmtt9
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+57/600 --dpi 657 ec-lmtt10
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmtt9
>         mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+57/600 --dpi 657 ec-lmtt10

Strange. Someone has an idea why, again, let me see the test document.

Best wishes

Norbert

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