Bug#354604: fmtutil-sys spits TeX output on stderr (was: Bug#354604: tetex-bin: way too much output during package upgrade)

Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby <at> users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

>  jadetex depends on tetex-extra (>= 2.0.1-2).

It's jadetex, but in fact the problem is in teTeX.  And we have already
discussed this on the list, but I can't find it ATM.

The problem is that, when "fmtutil-sys --all" is called, latex.fmt is
created fine, but it is still in the temporary directory when
jadetex.fmt is to be created, and therefore not found.

I think the solution is to add the temporary format build directory to
TEXINPUTS in fmtutil.  Norbert, can you please check whether this
problem also exists in texlive - maybe there's already a fix from
upstream?

apt-get install jadetex
rm /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt
fmtutil-sys --all > tempfile

TIA, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding  <at>  Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)