[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Package: tetex-base > Version: 0.9-7 > > When the user first hits an ungenerated font then "permission denied" > messages are plentiful... :)
The fonts get generated correctly, but it is a security problem to let everybody write the ls-R file. > > I believe that the permissions of the directory /var/spool/texmf should > be 1777 and of /var/spool/texmf/ls-R should be 0666. No. ls-R should not be wordwritable. Please look into the Debian policy. TeX can find the generated fonts even without them noted in the ls-R file. But to speed it up they can be in the ls-R file. For this reason there is a cronjob every day which updates the ls-R files. > > Also I propose to make the main configuration file a link: > > /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf.cnf > > This *is* meant to be a user-available file (and most changes do not > require regeneration of formats). The links exists: # ls -l /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 15 14:20 /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf > > Finally, it would be very nice if the hierarchy was under /usr/share/texmf > rather than /usr/lib/texmf since the texmf hierarchy was designed to be > sharable this way ... and it will also make it much easier to make > "installers" for things such as the TeX Live 3 CD-ROM we're just now issuing. We have to discuss this. What do others (debian-devel) say to this point? > > Thanks for having an up to date teTeX as a Debian package again :) Pas de quoi. Christoph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
