Debian bug report logs - #791 To the TeX mantainer. Package: tex &c ; Reported by: ecl%gluon@meson.if.usp.br (Emilio C. Lopes); Done: Nils Rennebarth . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From ghyrrm.nus.pan-net.de!nils Fri Oct 13 03:54:10 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t3hkd-000BCrC; Fri, 13 Oct 95 03:54 PDT Received: from ghyrrm.nus.pan-net.de ([204.231.136.130]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26382 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 13 Oct 1995 03:53:35 -0700 Received: by ghyrrm.nus.pan-net.de id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Fri, 13 Oct 95 11:31 MET Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 11:31:58 +0100 (MET) From: Nils Rennebarth To: Sven Rudolph Cc: Debian Bugs Done Subject: Re: Bug#791: To the TeX mantainer In-Reply-To: <199510061829.TAA09526@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Sven Rudolph wrote: > : Some problems I've found with TeX under Debian 0.93R5. Some are bugs, > : others aren't. > : > : - The versions of LaTeX, AMSLaTeX, Babel et cetera are *OLD*. Newer > : versions of LaTeX have better support for 8-bit input (inputenc.sty), > : for example. The new version of AMSLaTeX, v1.2, is a great improvement > : over v1.1. (BTW, where are the AMSLaTeX docs? And the Babel docs? > : They're not under /usr/doc) All corrected in the new version. > : - XDvi app-defaults are installed with wrong name (appended "-deb.tmp"). > : This makes xdvi call MakeTeXPk in a wrong way (the mfmode string is > : defined in the app-defaults) that runs metafont for fontfiles that may > : already exist (if they were created by dvips, e.g., which makes the > : correct call to MakeTeXPk). This too. > : - Install should ask what hyphenation patterns we want loaded by > : default. Should also ask what mfmode we want and what papersize. First is done. Rest is on TODO list. > : - Where is the beton package? (for use concrete and Euler math fonts.) Is in mfnfss now. > : - AucTeX command menu should be rightly configured. There is no command > : "LaTeX2e" in debian, for example. And what about the Command/print menu? > : Install should not ask about our TeX printers? I think that at least > : there should be some documentation telling us where to change this. LaTeX2e is LaTeX now. Rest see above > : - What is the path that xdvi/dvips uses for search pk files? It just > : looks for pk fonts under /var/spool/texmf/fonts? The fonts are > : not supposed to be moved to another place? If the are not, I suggest > : that fonts should be created under /var/lib/texmf/fonts. But maybe > : you decided this because of permision problems... They are supposed to be moved if /usr is not readonly. But that is still open to discussion. > : > : Besides the fact that I had to get ALL the LaTeX core, Babel, Graphics, > : etc. from CTAN, I'm pretty happy with my TeX setup... > > > > Ist es noch aktuell? > > Vermutlich nicht, aber da kenne ich mich nicht ausreichend mit dem > aktuellen Stand der TeX-Entwicklung aus. > > Bitte schaue mal durch, ob vielleicht noch was davon aktuell ist, und > schliesse den Bug. I hereby close this bug report as it is not a real bug report but a lot of suggestions that should have gone to the TeX maintainer by private mail. There is one real bug (no config script, no documentation on setup) which I will open as a new bug-reports. Nils ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to ecl%gluon@meson.if.usp.br (Emilio C. Lopes) : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to Nils Rennebarth : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug assigned to package `tex &c'. Request was from iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From meson.if.usp.br!ecl%gluon Tue Apr 11 12:48:06 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0rylus-0005q5C; Tue, 11 Apr 95 12:48 PDT Received: from gluon (meson.if.usp.br) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03981 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:47:47 -0700 Message-Id: <199504111947.AA03981@pixar.com> Received: by gluon (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA07703; Tue, 11 Apr 95 16:47:46 -0300 From: ecl%gluon@meson.if.usp.br (Emilio C. Lopes) Subject: To the TeX mantainer. To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Tue, 11 Apr 95 16:47:45 SAT Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Some problems I've found with TeX under Debian 0.93R5. Some are bugs, others aren't. - The versions of LaTeX, AMSLaTeX, Babel et cetera are *OLD*. Newer versions of LaTeX have better support for 8-bit input (inputenc.sty), for example. The new version of AMSLaTeX, v1.2, is a great improvement over v1.1. (BTW, where are the AMSLaTeX docs? And the Babel docs? They're not under /usr/doc) - XDvi app-defaults are installed with wrong name (appended "-deb.tmp"). This makes xdvi call MakeTeXPk in a wrong way (the mfmode string is defined in the app-defaults) that runs metafont for fontfiles that may already exist (if they were created by dvips, e.g., which makes the correct call to MakeTeXPk). - Install should ask what hyphenation patterns we want loaded by default. Should also ask what mfmode we want and what papersize. - Where is the beton package? (for use concrete and Euler math fonts.) - AucTeX command menu should be rightly configured. There is no command "LaTeX2e" in debian, for example. And what about the Command/print menu? Install should not ask about our TeX printers? I think that at least there should be some documentation telling us where to change this. - What is the path that xdvi/dvips uses for search pk files? It just looks for pk fonts under /var/spool/texmf/fonts? The fonts are not supposed to be moved to another place? If the are not, I suggest that fonts should be created under /var/lib/texmf/fonts. But maybe you decided this because of permision problems... Besides the fact that I had to get ALL the LaTeX core, Babel, Graphics, etc. from CTAN, I'm pretty happy with my TeX setup... Waiting for you response. Regards, Emilio. -- Emilio C. Lopes FINPE, Instituto de Fisica E-mail: ecl@gluon.if.usp.br Universidade de Sao Paulo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to ecl%gluon@meson.if.usp.br (Emilio C. Lopes) : New bug report received and forwarded. Your message didn't have a Package: line at the start (in the pseudo-header following the real mail header), or didn't have a psuedo-header at all. This makes it much harder for us to categorise and deal with your problem report; please ensure that you say which package(s) and version(s) the problem is with next time. Some time in the future the problem reports system may start rejecting such messages. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#791 . 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