Comment 2 for bug 26507

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 05:02:35 -0800
From: Arias Hung <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: tetex-bin chokes on install while running fmtutil-sys

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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 3.0-10.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

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when installing tetex-bin, fmtutil-sys command chokes culminating with these failure errors:

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdftex -progname=pdftex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdftex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=amstex -progname=amstex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini' failed

Attached is the complete log.

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers experimental
  APT policy: (990, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-kanotix-5
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0 1.4.61 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.13.11.0.1 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:4.1-0exp0 GCC support library
ii libice6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea4 3.0-10.1 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14ubuntu8 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++6 4.1-0exp0 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libx11-6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw8 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library
ii libxt6 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.35-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.7-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.4-4 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 3.0-10 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.003 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 6.8.99.902.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends:
ii dialog 1.0-20051107-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files
ii perl-tk 1:804.027-1 Perl module providing the Tk graph
ii psutils 1.17-21 A collection of PostScript documen
ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

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(Reading database ... 370776 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tetex-bin 3.0-10.1 (using tetex-bin_3.0-10.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tetex-bin ...
Setting up tetex-bin (3.0-10.1) ...
Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ...
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdftex -progname=pdftex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdftex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini' failed
Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=amstex -progname=amstex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini' failed

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fmtutil-sys: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details.
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This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *etex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdftex -progname=pdftex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdftex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdfetex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -jobname=amstex -progname=amstex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *amstex.ini' failed

fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/tetex.postinst.XXXEf82J
Please include this file if you report a bug.
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tetex-bin

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