retitle 334658 updmap should warn not to use --edit and --syncwithtrees thanks
Moshe Yudkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:51 2006-10-11, Florent Rougon wrote: >>Moshe Yudkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Setting up tex-common (0.33) ... >> >> Replacing config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf with new version >> >> Replacing config file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf with new version >> >> Error: '/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg' should not exist when using the >> >> Debian teTeX or TeX Live packages. Presumably, you used updmap-sys >> >> in maintainance mode (options --edit, --syncwithtrees, etc.). >> >> This shouldn't be done with the Debian teTeX or TeX Live >> >> packages. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >>You did read that, right? > > Yeah, but the bug reports showed that other people managed to get a > fix by trying that, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I am not aware of anyone who actually fixed a bug by doing that. Granted, some managed *to*get* a fix, e.g. from us, by trying it out. Seriously, I think we should patch updmap to issue a big fat warning with syncwithtrees, and let the user proceed only if he types "Yes, I do know what I am doing". > Done. However, I doubt I ever used it in the first place. If I had, I > would not have written a bug report, I promise! It might be that the file was present because of some bug in an older version. Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
