RC bug 253098 reported against jadetex is 64 days old. I believe that this bug is making some packages (packages that build-depend upon docbook-utils) FTBFS. This would include at least two packages involved in the tiff transition. I would like to request an immediate NMU because of the impact of this bug on the tiff transition.
I believe that this may be the issue with gnobog. Also, the pinball package is definitely being blocked by this as you can see from a recent buildd log: http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=pinball&ver=0.3.1-3&arch=i386&stamp=1091904075&file=log&as=raw I have built jadetex with this patch and have tested it, both in a pbuilder environment. Details can be found in bug 253098. I am attaching the patch to this message. This package can be applied to the source package: apt-get source jadetex cd jadetex-3.13 patch -s -p0 < jadetex.patch I have also posted the patch and my intention to request an NMU to this bug report. --Jay -- Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ql.org/q/
--- debian/changelog.qdist 2004-08-07 22:45:05.000000000 -0400 +++ debian/changelog 2004-08-07 22:46:36.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +jadetex (3.13-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer Upload. + * tetex now creates .efmt rather than .fmt for latex and pdflatex, so we + use etex and pdfetex for jadetex and pdfjadetex. (Closes: #253098) + + -- Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 7 Aug 2004 22:29:12 -0400 + jadetex (3.13-1) unstable; urgency=medium * new upstream version --- debian/fmtutil.cnf.qdist 2004-08-07 22:45:05.000000000 -0400 +++ debian/fmtutil.cnf 2004-08-07 22:46:36.000000000 -0400 @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ # invoke with 'fmtutil --cnffile <file>' # # format engine pattern-file arguments -jadetex tex language.dat &latex jadetex.ini -pdfjadetex pdftex language.dat &pdflatex pdfjadetex.ini +jadetex etex language.dat &latex jadetex.ini +pdfjadetex pdfetex language.dat &pdflatex pdfjadetex.ini --- debian/postinst.qdist 2004-08-07 22:45:05.000000000 -0400 +++ debian/postinst 2004-08-07 22:46:36.000000000 -0400 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ checkfmt ( ) { format=$1 - baseformat=`basename $1 .fmt` + baseformat=`basename $1 .efmt` if ! kpsewhich $format > /dev/null ; then warn "WARNING: memory dump $format not found, attempting to reconstruct ..." echo "running 'fmtutil --byfmt $baseformat'" >> $MYTMPFILE @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ if ! fmtutil --cnffile ${FMTCNF} --byfmt $fmt >> $MYTMPFILE; then warn "ERROR: $fmt fmtutil failed" return 1 - elif ! kpsewhich $fmt.fmt > /dev/null ; then - warn "ERROR: memory dump jadetex.fmt was created, but cannot be found" + elif ! kpsewhich $fmt.efmt > /dev/null ; then + warn "ERROR: memory dump jadetex.efmt was created, but cannot be found" return 1 else log "successfully created $fmt memory dump" @@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ update-fmtutil update-texmf - echo "Checking for TeX memory dumps (.fmt) ..." - checkfmt latex.fmt + echo "Checking for TeX memory dumps (.efmt) ..." + checkfmt latex.efmt checkfmt pdftex.fmt - checkfmt pdflatex.fmt + checkfmt pdflatex.efmt echo " done." echo "Creating JadeTeX memory dumps ..." --- debian/rules.qdist 2004-08-07 22:45:05.000000000 -0400 +++ debian/rules 2004-08-07 22:46:36.000000000 -0400 @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ $(install_file) jadetex.ltx $(texdir)/base/ $(install_file) dsssl.def *.sty *.fd $(texdir)/base/ - ln -s tex $(bindir)/jadetex - ln -s pdftex $(bindir)/pdfjadetex + ln -s etex $(bindir)/jadetex + ln -s pdfetex $(bindir)/pdfjadetex dh_installdocs debian/README.* jadetex.pdf doc/releasenotes.html dh_installchangelogs ChangeLog