On 6 Jul 2007, at 11:21, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:

> Pierre-Henri Lavigne wrote:
>> Good day all,
>>
>> Jack as i can't re-update at the moment, I allowed myself to send  
>> you the error message I got with the kipi plugins.
>> Actually Alexander the problem with ptex-base strikes back. I  
>> tried to switch to tetex-base and it seems there is a problem  
>> (conflict ?) with cadabra :
>>
>> Removing ptex-base ...
>> install-info(web2c.info): deleting entry `* Web2c: (web2c) ...'
>> install-info(dvips.info): deleting entry `* DVI-to-Postscript:  
>> (dvips) ...'
>> install-info(latex.info): deleting entry `* LaTeX2e: (latex) ...'
>> dpkg - warning: while removing ptex-base, directory `/sw/var/lib/ 
>> texmf/fonts' not empty so not removed.
>> dpkg - warning: while removing ptex-base, directory `/sw/var/lib/ 
>> texmf' not empty so not removed.
>> Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base.
>> (Reading database ... 274293 files and directories currently  
>> installed.)
>> Unpacking tetex-base (from .../tetex-base_3.0-1002_darwin- 
>> powerpc.deb) ...
>> Removing any leftover files from obsolete teTeX installations ...
>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary- 
>> darwin-powerpc/text/tetex-base_3.0-1002_darwin-powerpc.deb (-- 
>> unpack):
>>  trying to overwrite `/sw/share/texmf-local', which is also in  
>> package cadabra
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/tetex- 
>> base_3.0-1002_darwin-powerpc.deb
>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Åkeson Chihiro
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>>
>>
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> It looks like a fair number of packages stick their TeX stuff in
> /sw/etc/texmf.local and then do a mktexlsr as part of the
> postinstscript.  Cadabra may need to go that route.

Cadabra already has:
PostInstScript: if [ -f %p/bin/mktexlsr ]; then mktexlsr %p/etc/ 
texmf.local; fi

Should this be crafted differently?  Maybe a different solution is  
needed to this problem.

Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada



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