Bug#438551: xdvi doesn't work
On Son, 19 Aug 2007, Andreas Degert wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:36:22 +0200
xdvi_alternatives () {
LANG=C update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q $1
}
if xdvi_alternatives status is manual; then
if xdvi_alternatives link currently points to /usr/bin/xdvi.real; then
Thanks, installed this code. Should occur in the next upload.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Bug#438551: xdvi doesn't work
Andreas Degert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:36:22 +0200
Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andreas Degert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
xdvi wants to use xdvi.bin which is not included in the package.
Symlinking from xdvi.bin to xdvi-xaw.bin in /usr/bin makes it work.
The symlink is supposed to go this way:
/usr/bin/xdvi.bin - /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin
/etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin - /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin
(unless you have one of the far-eastern language support packages
installed), and these symlinks are generated by update-alternatives.
What is the output on your system of
update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin
xdvi.bin - status is manual.
link currently absent
/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin - priority 30
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin.
This means that update-alternatives thinks you chose to handle the xdvi
alternative manually, and moved symlinks around yourself. Of course, it
could also be that some script that you ran did this.
Do you remember anything of that sort?
hmm... I just looked what the postinst is doing, you are grepping for
status is manual... since I installed texlive-base-bin in a
LANG=de_DE environment, the text output is different (the above output
was produced with LANG=C to make it readable in english, now I realize I
accidentally removed the most important bit of information ;-)
That's a good point, thank you for noticing this. However, it cannot
explain how your alternatives got into manual mode in the first place.
What do you think of changing
if update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q status is manual ; then
if update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q link currently
points to /usr/bin/xdvi.real ; then
to something like
xdvi_alternatives () {
LANG=C update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q $1
}
if xdvi_alternatives status is manual; then
if xdvi_alternatives link currently points to /usr/bin/xdvi.real; then
Thank you, that seems to be a good workaround. The real solution,
however, would be to add to update-alternatives an option which outputs
information similar to --display in a machine-readable, non-localized
format.
Regards, Frank
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Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
Bug#438551: xdvi doesn't work
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:36:22 +0200
Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andreas Degert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
xdvi wants to use xdvi.bin which is not included in the package.
Symlinking from xdvi.bin to xdvi-xaw.bin in /usr/bin makes it work.
The symlink is supposed to go this way:
/usr/bin/xdvi.bin - /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin
/etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin - /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin
(unless you have one of the far-eastern language support packages
installed), and these symlinks are generated by update-alternatives.
What is the output on your system of
update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin
xdvi.bin - status is manual.
link currently absent
/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin - priority 30
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin.
update-alternatives --config xdvi.bin
There is only 1 program which provides xdvi.bin
(/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin). Nothing to configure.
hmm... I just looked what the postinst is doing, you are grepping for
status is manual... since I installed texlive-base-bin in a
LANG=de_DE environment, the text output is different (the above output
was produced with LANG=C to make it readable in english, now I realize I
accidentally removed the most important bit of information ;-)
What do you think of changing
if update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q status is manual ; then
if update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q link currently points
to /usr/bin/xdvi.real ; then
to something like
xdvi_alternatives () {
LANG=C update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin | grep -q $1
}
if xdvi_alternatives status is manual; then
if xdvi_alternatives link currently points to /usr/bin/xdvi.real; then
Bug#438551: xdvi doesn't work
Andreas Degert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xdvi wants to use xdvi.bin which is not included in the package. Symlinking from xdvi.bin to xdvi-xaw.bin in /usr/bin makes it work. The symlink is supposed to go this way: /usr/bin/xdvi.bin - /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin - /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin (unless you have one of the far-eastern language support packages installed), and these symlinks are generated by update-alternatives. What is the output on your system of update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin update-alternatives --config xdvi.bin (run as root)? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
Bug#438551: xdvi doesn't work
Package: texlive-base-bin Version: 2007-13 Severity: normal --- Please enter the report below this line. --- xdvi wants to use xdvi.bin which is not included in the package. Symlinking from xdvi.bin to xdvi-xaw.bin in /usr/bin makes it work. --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 Debian Release: lenny/sid 500 unstableftp.de.debian.org 500 testing security.debian.org 500 testing ftp.de.debian.org 500 stable security.debian.org 500 stable ftp.de.debian.org 500 proposed-updates ftp.de.debian.org --- Package information. --- Depends(Version) | Installed -+-== perl | 5.8.8-7 ed | 0.2-19 mime-support | 3.39-1 libc6 (= 2.6-1) | 2.6.1-1 libkpathsea4 (= 2007) | 2007-12 libncurses5 (= 5.6) | 5.6+20070812-1 libpng12-0 (= 1.2.13-4) | 1.2.15~beta5-1 libpoppler1 (= 0.5.1) | 0.5.4-6.1 libx11-6 | 2:1.0.3-7 libxaw7 | 1:1.0.1-5 libxmu6 | 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 libxpm4 | 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 libxt6 | 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 zlib1g (= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 texlive-common (= 2007) | 2007-10 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
