Hi The diagnosis is pretty clear to me too as well as the cure However the error occured on the Debian build machines I have no access to these machines. It seems to me that something is fishy with the installation of texlive on the failing archs [1]
1. https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=feel%2b%2b Best regards C. On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Christophe, > > It was smart to quote the error message. > > I read it, and it seems to me that the first sign > of trouble looks like a common permissions bug. > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `././.texmf-var': Permission denied > > A quick and dirty way to check is by running the > same code as root, which typically has permission. > > If I were debugging it, I'd look in what ever you > run to build the documentation for the specific > line of code that calls "mkdir" and reports the > error. > > Maybe you could isolate it with "echo" or "print" > statements, depending on what builds the > documentation. > > Once I found the exact line of code, I'd add more > statements to reveal which path is passed to mkdir. > > Then I'd check the path's ownership and > permissions with the "ls -l" command. > > You might be able to work around the problem by > using the "chmod" or "chown" command on the > appropriate directory. > > I hope that helps, > Kingsley > > On 04/24/11 23:09, Christophe Prud'homme wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> for some time now I have my package Feel++(a library and language for >> pde solving) that has issues on some platforms with (pdf)latex and the >> generation of fonts >> >> I get this message while building the documentation of the software >> >> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 >> ecss0900 >> mkdir: cannot create directory `././.texmf-var': Permission denied >> mktexpk: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir >> /.texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec failed. >> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. >> >> !pdfTeX error: /usr/bin/pdflatex (file ecss0900): Font ecss0900 at 600 not >> foun >> d >> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! >> >> >> anyone having similar issues ? >> any ideas ? >> >> on amd64 and i386 flavors no problems but on the other ones I got these >> failures >> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=feel%2b%2b >> >> >> Best regards >> C. >> -- >> Debian Developer - member of Debian Science >> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience >> Prof. at Univ. Grenoble in Applied Math. >> http://ljk.imag.fr/membres/Christophe.Prudhomme/ >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >> Archive: >> http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> > > -- Debian Developer - member of Debian Science http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience Prof. at Univ. Grenoble in Applied Math. http://ljk.imag.fr/membres/Christophe.Prudhomme/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
