On 8 Jul 2007, at 17:55, Martin Costabel wrote: > Kevin Horton wrote: >> On 7 Jul 2007, at 08:54, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>> So I'd move tableaux.sty to %i/etc/texmf.local in the InstallScript >>> and >>> make sure that there's no %p/share/texmf-local remaining in >>> the .deb . >> >> Thanks for catching that Alex. I'll submit a revised .info file to >> the tracker once I have finished testing it. > > I didn't follow the whole discussion, so I don't know if you noticed > that /sw/share/texmf-local is supposed to be a *symlink* to > /sw/etc/texmf.local. The current version of cadabra destroys this and > replaces it by a real directory. This is a severe bug. > > Look at jadetex for an example; it does this: > > mkdir -p %i/etc > mv %i/share/texmf-local %i/etc/texmf.local
Ouch. Thanks for noticing this Martin. I did not realize that /sw/ share/texmf-local was supposed to be a symlink. I can change the cadabra package so that it no longer clobbers the symlink. But, I wonder what I can put in the package that will actually check for the damage and repair it. Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel