Package: whizzytex
Version: 1.3.7-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: boruch_b...@gmx.com
Dear Maintainer,
1) The apt-get install process for whizzytex v1.3.7 {bookworm,trixie}
occurs without incident, but the package is unusable.
2) The developer website prominently warns that whizzytex version 1.4
is required for texlive versions >= 2021, but that version of
whizzytex is not packaged for {bookworm,trixie} yet those debian
releases package texlive >= 2021.
ref: http://cristal.inria.fr/whizzytex/
3) A deb package file for whizzytex v1.4 does exist in the
experimental repository, but attempting to use it yields:
# dpkg -i ./whizzytex_1.4.0-1_all.deb
dpkg-deb: error: unexpected end of file in archive magic version
number in ./whizzytex_1.4.0-1_all.deb
dpkg: error processing archive ./whizzytex_1.4.0-1_all.deb
(--install):
dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
./whizzytex_1.4.0-1_all.deb
My expectations were:
1) The package file being distributed in the experimental repository
should not be corrupted (That's my interpretation of the dpkg error
message).
2) The whizzytex packages in {bookworm,trixie} either should 'require'
a proper version of texlive (ie. earlier than 2021), or should be
for whizzytex version 1.4, or shouldn't exist in {bookworm.trixie}
due to the dependency mis-match.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.4
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (680, 'stable-security'), (660, 'stable-updates'), (650,
'stable'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (450, 'testing'), (400, 'oldstable'),
(300, 'oldoldstable'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-23-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_CRAP, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:he:en_US.UTF-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages whizzytex depends on:
ii advi 1.10.2-10+b1
ii emacs 1:29.1+1-5
ii emacs-gtk [emacsen] 1:29.1+1-5
ii texlive-latex-base 2023.20231207-1
Versions of packages whizzytex recommends:
ii gv [pdf-viewer] 1:3.7.4-2+b1
ii okular [pdf-viewer] 4:23.08.1-2
whizzytex suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
