Your message dated Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:51:24 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#1152376: texlive-base fails to install:
/etc/libpaper.d/texlive-base: 106: paperconf: not found
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regarding texlive-base fails to install: /etc/libpaper.d/texlive-base: 106:
paperconf: not found
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Package: texlive-base
Version: 2026.20260911-1
Severity: serious
User: [email protected]
Usertags: ftcbfs
Control: affects -1 + src:gr-framework
texlive-base fails to install in a clean and minimal sid chroot.
| $ mmdebstrap unstable /dev/null --variant=essential --include=texlive-base
| ...
| Setting up texlive-base (2026.20260911-1) ...
| mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST...
| mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
| mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
| mktexlsr: Done.
| tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4:
/var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
| tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4:
/var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg
| tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4: /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper
| tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4:
/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex
| /etc/libpaper.d/texlive-base: 106: paperconf: not found
| dpkg: error processing package texlive-base (--configure):
| old texlive-base package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with
exit status 127
| Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.43-7) ...
| Processing triggers for tex-common (6.21) ...
| update-language: texlive-base not installed and configured, doing nothing!
| texlive-base is not ready, skipping fmtutil --all call
| Errors were encountered while processing:
| texlive-base
| E: Sub-process env returned an error code (1)
| ...
I guess there is a dependency on libpaper-utils missing.
Helmut
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 11:33:09PM +0100, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> No, the dep is there. However in one of the latest uploads of
> libpaper-utils, the paperconf utility was missing. It was reintroduced this
> afternoon [1]. Are you still able to reproduce?
I had hoped that the inclusion of a reproducer would settle this
question without another interaction. Your, hypothesis is very likely
correct and the reproducer no longer reproduces here. Closing.
Helmut
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