As Lucid will be supported for quite a while, it would be nice to see this bug fixed (although there are various workarounds). You can either use this patch or a more recent version from svn.
** Patch added: "fix-dpkg-query-call.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/581145/+attachment/1868411/+files/fix-dpkg-query-call.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581145 Title: tex-common 2.06 doesn't install without texlive-base -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
