Comment 31 for bug 26507

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In , Helge Hafting (helge-hafting-broadpark) wrote : I got trouble with fmtutil-sys while upgrading tetex-bin

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 3.0-11
Followup-For: Bug #341827

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.13.11 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 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea4 3.0-11 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw8 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X pixmap library
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.35-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.7-9 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.4-5 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 zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends:
ii libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files
pn perl-tk <none> (no description available)
pn psutils <none> (no description available)
ii whiptail 0.51.6-31 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

-- debconf-show failed

Setter opp tetex-bin (3.0-11) ...
Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ...
Error: `ptex -ini -jobname=amsptex -progname=amsptex amsptex.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil-sys: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`ptex -ini -jobname=amsptex -progname=amsptex amsptex.ini' failed

fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/tetex.postinst.XXcPTjfE
Please include this file if you report a bug.

In /var/lib/texmf/web2c/amsptex.log I got these details:
This is pTeX, Version 3.14159-p3.1.5 (euc) (Web2C 7.4.5) (INITEX) 14 DEC 2005
00:37
**amsptex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf/ptex/plain/config/amsptex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf/ptex/plain/base/ptex-ams.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex Preloading the plain format: codes,
registers,
\maxdimen=\dimen10
\hideskip=\skip10
\centering=\skip11
\p@=\dimen11
\z@=\dimen12
\z@skip=\skip12
\voidb@x=\box10
 parameters,
\smallskipamount=\skip13
\medskipamount=\skip14
\bigskipamount=\skip15
\normalbaselineskip=\skip16
\normallineskip=\skip17
\normallineskiplimit=\dimen13
\jot=\dimen14
\interdisplaylinepenalty=\count23
\interfootnotelinepenalty=\count24
 fonts, more fonts,
\itfam=\fam4
\slfam=\fam5
\bffam=\fam6
\ttfam=\fam7
 macros,
\strutbox=\box11
\mscount=\count25
\tabs=\box12
\tabsyet=\box13
\tabsdone=\box14
 math definitions,
\rootbox=\box15
\p@renwd=\dimen15

output routines,
\headline=\toks10
\footline=\toks11
\footins=\insert254
\topins=\insert253
 hyphenation (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex))
\minfam=\fam8
\gtfam=\fam9

(/usr/share/texmf/ptex/plain/base/kinsoku.tex))
! I can't find file `amstex'.
l.2 \input amstex

Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
l.2 \input amstex

End of file on the terminal!

No pages of output.

I am also attaching the file /tmp/tetex.postinst.XXcPTjfE
as requested.

Helge Hafting