Author: frank
Date: 2005-11-17 15:59:33 +0000 (Thu, 17 Nov 2005)
New Revision: 341
Modified:
tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
tex-common/trunk/debian/postinst.functions
tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.pdf
tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml
Log:
wrote a section on update-fmtutil stuff in policy
Modified: tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2005-11-16 16:46:34 UTC (rev 340)
+++ tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2005-11-17 15:59:33 UTC (rev 341)
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (closes: #338866) [frank]
- update Danish debconf translation, thanks to Claus Hindsgaul
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (closes: #339354) [frank]
+ * The Policy draft has been extended [frank]
- -- Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:37:31 +0100
+ -- Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:58:47 +0100
tex-common (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
Modified: tex-common/trunk/debian/postinst.functions
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/debian/postinst.functions 2005-11-16 16:46:34 UTC (rev
340)
+++ tex-common/trunk/debian/postinst.functions 2005-11-17 15:59:33 UTC (rev
341)
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
This file contains the parts of what was called 00updmap.cfg in
teTeX-2.0.2 that now are handled by tetex-base in 10tetex-base.cfg
-If you have local changes, please transfer them manually
+If you have local changes, please transfer them manually. Changes
+in the items that are still in 00updmap.cfg have been transferred,
+but changed comments are only here.
EOF
sed -e '0,/^# Map files should be marked by/ d; 1,/^$/ d' \
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
chmod a+r $conffile
else
# this part is unchanged, just remove and copy the default file
+ # (a copy is already saved).
rm -f $tempfile1 $conffile
cp -p $dfltfile $conffile
fi
Modified: tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.pdf
===================================================================
(Binary files differ)
Modified: tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml 2005-11-16 16:46:34 UTC (rev
340)
+++ tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml 2005-11-17 15:59:33 UTC (rev
341)
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@
Packages that changed <file>updmap.cfg</file> must call
<prgn>updmap-sys</prgn> as detailed in <ref
id="sec-font-configuration">. Packages that changed
- <file>language.dat</file> or <file>fmtutil.cnf</file> must call
- <prgn>fmtutil-sys</prgn>. They must make sure to issue the
- <prgn>mktexlsr</prgn> command before this.
+ <file>language.dat</file> or <file>fmtutil.cnf</file> must
+ call <prgn>fmtutil-sys</prgn> (see below). They must make sure
+ to issue the <prgn>mktexlsr</prgn> command before this.
</p>
<sect1 id="sec-font-configuration">
@@ -675,6 +675,29 @@
have the name <file><var>package</var>.list</file>.
</p>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <heading>Format configuration</heading>
+ <p>
+ Packages that provide additional formats should put a
+ configuration file according to <prgn>fmtutil.cnf(5)</prgn>
+ into <file>/etc/texmf/fmt.d/</file>, run
+ <prgn>update-fmtutil</prgn> and subsequently create the
+ format with <tt>fmtutil --byfmt <var>format</var></tt>.
+ <prgn>fmtutil</prgn> will only try to create the format if
+ it can find the corresponding
+ <file><var>format</var>.ini</file> file (the last argument
+ in an <prgn>fmtutil.cnf</prgn> line). Therefore the
+ <file><var>format</var>.ini</file> file should not be a
+ conffile.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If a package needs to create formats at runtime, it should
+ use a local <prgn>fmtutil.cnf</prgn> with the appropriate
+ entries and specifiy its location to <prgn>fmtutil</prgn> on
+ the command line, using the <tt>--cnffile</tt> switch.
+ </p>
+ </sect1>
</sect>
<sect>
@@ -699,13 +722,21 @@
<heading>Command execution and format files</heading>
<p>
If TeX formats need to be generated before execution, this
- must be done in the post-installation script. Packages that
+ should be done in the post-installation script. Packages that
depend on an executable can thus simply declare
<tt>Depends:</tt> on the package providing the executable, and
<em>only</em> do that. Any additional checks, e.g. for the
existence of format files, is unnecessary and harmful, causing
internal changes (e.g. of format file extensions) to break the
- depending package that does this check.
+ depending package that does this check. Maintainer scripts or
+ programs in Debian packages should always use
+ <prgn>fmtutil</prgn> or <prgn>fmtutil-sys</prgn> for format
+ generation, and either add a <file>fmtutil.cnf</file> snippet
+ in <file>/etc/texmf/fmt.d/</file> (with
+ <prgn>fmtutil-sys</prgn>, for site-wide formats), or use
+ <prgn>fmtutil</prgn> with the <tt>--cnffile</tt> option and an
+ appropriate local <file>fmtutil.cnf</file> (for runtime
+ programs)
</p>
<p>
Local administrators can override settings from
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