Comment 10 for bug 24261

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:44:16 +0200
From: Florent Rougon <email address hidden>
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Subject: Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because of missing mfw
 binary

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From: Florian Cramer <email address hidden>
To: Florent Rougon <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Florian Cramer] Re: tetex-bin: package doesn't install because
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Am Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2005 um 10:59:01 Uhr (+0200) schrieb Florent Rougon:

> I don't know why (maybe this format is obsolete), but it explains why I
> don't get the error you reported.

Thanks. I purged all my latex packages, including the ones that depended
on a tetex install, and this did the trick. Don't ask me why. Probably
there was some old crufty, stale package interfering with the upgrade.

Thanks again,

-F

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So, the bug was caused by a stale entry in fmtutil.cnf, as it seems.
Frank, what do you want to do next?

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