Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 29.08.07 Elliott Mitchell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > >> Setting up tetex-base (3.0.dfsg.3-5etch1) ... >> mktemp: cannot make temp dir /tmp/user/0/tmp.lVDrA16897: No such file or >> directory >> dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> >> I'd guess somethings are honoring $TMPDIR, while some are not. This >> could be debconf, but so far I've only seen this with tetex-base >> (security updates). >> > Can't really believe that there was an security update for > tetex-base. ;-)
The update fixes a RC bug which slipped into the release, and would make updating from etch to lenny quite problematic. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
