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Re: help with 2.4.5 in Debian


From: Ferenc Wagner
Subject: Re: help with 2.4.5 in Debian
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:03:53 +0200
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Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
:
>> Sterling Sympatico <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>>I tried to install 2.4.6 in Debian using Ferenc Wagner's
>>>sources from http://tac.ki.iif.hu/.
>> Those packages are Woody only, unfortunately.  There is some
>> incompatibility in the kpathsea interface that I couldn't help.
>>
>>> After having the default ec-fonts-mftraced crash and
>>> downloading the nerwer version (.deb), I got an install.
>>
>> You may want to check that your /etc/texmf/dvips/updmap was
>> not corrupted in the process.  The Woody installer has to
>> fiddle with that file, while under Sarge it needn't mention
>> ec-mftrace.map.
>
> Why do you have to fiddle with updmap at all? LilyPond (vers. 2.4)
> explicitly specifies the map file when calling dvips, so I
> cannot see any reason why it should be necessary to include
> these fonts using updmap. The only thing that matters is that
> dvips can find the map files, which it will do if they are
> properly placed in the texmf tree and the filename database
> has been updated.

This means I needn't fiddle with updmap after all.  Phew.
But since Debian released a couple of days ago, I probably
won't change the package unless serious need arises.  Sarge
has better mechanisms for the same purpose anyway.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.




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