tex4ht can't find tex4ht.env

[Shawn Ligocki]

Binary package hint: tex4ht

Using Ubuntu 7.10 and with tex4ht version 20070717-2:

Running tex4ht (or other executables in the directory which call it) raises error message:

----------------------------
tex4ht.c (2007-04-21-21:07 kpathsea)
tex4ht plan
--- warning --- Can't find/open file `tex4ht.env | .tex4ht'
--- error --- Illegal storage address

In fact the file it is looking for is at (/etc/tex4ht/tex4ht.env) but it doesn't search here.
By using the -hV flag I noticed that it searches (among other places) in your home directory for either "tex4ht.env" or ".tex4ht".

Thus I have a crude fix which is to copy/link the installed file from /etc/tex4ht/tex4ht.env to ~/.tex4ht

However, this file should probably be put somewhere in tex4ht's public search path.

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

According to the Debian maintainer, this should be closed by 20080701 which has been uploaded to jaunty. Pls. reopen if this is not the case.