Package: tex-common Version: 1.11.1 Severity: grave Justification: 9.1.2 Setting up tex-common (1.11.1) ... Replacing config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf with new version Replacing config file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf with new version chown: cannot access `/usr/local/texmf/emacs': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tex-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ ls /usr/local/ bin games include lib man sbin share src I don't see that tex-common should be doing anything with /usr/local/ anyway - I could have installed stuff in there from local builds and tex-common comes along and replaces things (or worse, it currently tries to and fails!). To me, #475077 should have been a won't fix. Why should support for a non-free package trample over user files? Anyway, as regards this bug and the failure to complete the postinst: Policy 9.1.2 As mandated by the FHS, packages must not place any files in /usr/local, either by putting them in the file system archive to be unpacked by dpkg or by manipulating them in their maintainer scripts. However, the package may create empty directories below /usr/local so that the system administrator knows where to place site-specific files. These are not directories in /usr/local, but are children of directories in /usr/local. These directories (/usr/local/*/dir/) should be removed on package removal if they are empty. tex-common is trying to create /usr/local/texmf when all that Policy allows is /usr/local/share/texmf or some other subdirectory of the existing contents of /usr/local: $ ls /usr/local/ bin games include lib man sbin share src Policy does NOT allow /usr/local/foo, only /usr/local/*/foo where the subdirectory of /usr/local/ must already exist, like /usr/local/share/ /usr/local/share/texmf/ does exist (now) so presumably this is a typo in the NMU: tex-common.postinst - chown root:staff /usr/local/texmf/emacs + chown root:staff /usr/local/share/texmf/emacs ? -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf 1.5.23 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 3.007 Update Configuration File: preserv tex-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages tex-common suggests: ii debhelper 7.0.16 helper programs for debian/rules Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on: ii texlive 2007.dfsg.1-3 TeX Live: A decent selection of th Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on: ii texlive 2007.dfsg.1-3 TeX Live: A decent selection of th ii texlive-bibtex-extra 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: Extra BibTeX styles ii texlive-font-utils 2007.dfsg.2-3 TeX Live: TeX font-related program ii texlive-fonts-extra 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: Extra fonts ii texlive-lang-croatian 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Croatian ii texlive-lang-cyrillic 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Cyrillic ii texlive-lang-czechslovak 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Czech/Slovak ii texlive-lang-danish 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Danish ii texlive-lang-dutch 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Dutch ii texlive-lang-finnish 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Finnish ii texlive-lang-french 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: French ii texlive-lang-german 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: German ii texlive-lang-greek 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Greek typesetting ii texlive-lang-hungarian 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Hungarian ii texlive-lang-italian 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Italian ii texlive-lang-latin 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Latin ii texlive-lang-mongolian 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Mongolian ii texlive-lang-norwegian 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Norwegian ii texlive-lang-other 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Other hyphenation files ii texlive-lang-polish 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Polish ii texlive-lang-portuguese 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Portuguese ii texlive-lang-spanish 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Spanish ii texlive-lang-swedish 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Swedish ii texlive-lang-vietnamese 2007.dfsg.3-3 TeX Live: Vietnamese ii texlive-latex-extra 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary pack ii texlive-math-extra 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: Advanced math typesettin ii texlive-pictures 2007.dfsg.1-3 TeX Live: Packages for drawings gr ii texlive-pstricks 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: PSTricks packages ii texlive-publishers 2007.dfsg.3-2 TeX Live: Support for publishers Versions of packages texlive-base depends on: ii texlive-base-bin 2007.dfsg.2-3 TeX Live: Essential binaries ii texlive-common 2007.dfsg.1-3 TeX Live: Base component ii texlive-doc-base 2007.dfsg.1-1 TeX Live: Base documentation -- debconf information: tex-common/check_texmf_wrong: tex-common/check_texmf_missing: tex-common/singleuser: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
