reassign 390349 texlive-binaries # it has /usr/bin/mktexmf stop On 30.09.06 Frank Küster ([email protected]) wrote:
> clone 388399 -1 > retitle -1 Font cache, when in /tmp, should use per-user directories > severity -1 important > submitter -1 Steve Langasek <[email protected]> > stop > > Frank Küster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, http://bugs.debian.org/390349 > >> So somewhere, there is a very, very wrong assumption that it's > >> ok to use a fixed, user-invariant path under /tmp for writing > >> out fonts. > > > > [...] Why should it be more wrong to use a user-invariant path in > > /tmp than a user-invariant path in /var? Note that we cannot use > > directories created with mktemp or so, because it's not possible > > to pass on the directory name from the process that creates the > > dir, to the one that creates the font and to the one that uses > > it. > > But you are right, Steve, that it might cause problems. I make > this a separate bug, and I'm already investigating a solution. > I'm pretty sure the bug is still open -> reassigning. H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
