Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
I have now looked carefully through mktexlsr and traced its execution to try to get to the bottom of this. All I found was that various ls-R* files were wrong. Removing them allowed mktexlsr to run properly and all the texlive updates to complete. I have no idea how the incorrect ls-R files were produced, but they all seem to be dated 23rd June when I returned from an absence and did a full aptitude update. Similar updates on other machines did not have problems. For what it is worth, here are some details of bad files: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN The old file, which caused the trouble, created on 23rd June, was: - fetex # . call update-fmtutil # . call fmtutil-sys --missing (or --all) # #cyrtexinfo pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cyrtxinf.ini # End of file: /etc/texmf/fmt.d/50cyrtexinfo.cnf (followed by zero byte characters) /etc/texmf/fmt.d/50cyrtexinfo.cnf :- # # 50cyrtexinfo.cnf # # Please leave this comment! # -_- DebPkgProvidedMaps -_- # # Texinfo formats for cyrillic language # # If you want to build cyrtexinfo, the cyrillic texinfo format, you have # to do the following steps (all as root) # . install either tetex-base and tetex-extra, or texlive-langcyrillic # . comment out the format line in this file # . create a link # /usr/local/bin/cyrtexinfo - ../../bin/pdfetex # . call update-fmtutil # . call fmtutil-sys --missing (or --all) # #cyrtexinfo pdfetex language.dat -translate-file=cp227.tcx *cyrtxinf.ini - Another peculiar file is -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 955844 Jun 23 14:19 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST which starts (hexdump) 2f 70 72 74 70 6f 6f 6c 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 |/prtpool.h./usr3| 0010 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c |2/include/mozill| 0020 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 70 72 2f 70 72 74 72 61 |a-1.6/nspr/prtra| 0030 63 65 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c |ce.h./usr32/incl| 0040 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f |ude/mozilla-1.6/| 0050 6e 73 70 72 2f 70 72 74 79 70 65 73 2e 68 00 2f |nspr/prtypes.h./| 0060 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f |usr32/include/mo| 0070 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 70 72 2f 70 |zilla-1.6/nspr/p| 0080 72 76 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 |rvrsion.h./usr32| 0090 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 |/include/mozilla| 00a0 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 70 72 2f 70 72 77 69 6e 31 |-1.6/nspr/prwin1| 00b0 36 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 |6.h./usr32/inclu| 00c0 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e |de/mozilla-1.6/n| 00d0 73 73 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 |ss./usr32/includ| 00e0 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 |e/mozilla-1.6/ns| 00f0 73 2f 61 6c 67 68 6d 61 63 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 |s/alghmac.h./usr| 0100 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c |32/include/mozil| 0110 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 73 2f 61 73 6e 31 2e |la-1.6/nss/asn1.| 0120 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 |h./usr32/include| 0130 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 73 |/mozilla-1.6/nss| 0140 2f 61 73 6e 31 6d 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f |/asn1m.h./usr32/| 0150 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d |include/mozilla-| 0160 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 73 2f 61 73 6e 31 74 2e 68 00 |1.6/nss/asn1t.h.| 0170 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d |/usr32/include/m| 0180 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 73 2f 62 |ozilla-1.6/nss/b| 0190 61 73 65 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 |ase.h./usr32/inc| 01a0 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 |lude/mozilla-1.6| 01b0 2f 6e 73 73 2f 62 61 73 65 36 34 2e 68 00 2f 75 |/nss/base64.h./u| 01c0 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a |sr32/include/moz| 01d0 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f 6e 73 73 2f 62 61 73 |illa-1.6/nss/bas| 01e0 65 74 2e 68 00 2f 75 73 72 33 32 2f 69 6e 63 6c |et.h./usr32/incl| 01f0 75 64 65 2f 6d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2d 31 2e 36 2f |ude/mozilla-1.6/| which seems to be a null separated ls output. --- So I guess I should close the bug, although I suspect there was some sort of buglet triggered in an configuration script on 23rd June in one of the tex packages. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
Output of mktexlsr after removing these files, please
Norbert Preiningpreining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
JAIST, JapanTeX Live Debian Developer
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On 2012/06/25, at 17:44, ael law_ence@ntlworld.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 07:26:19AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
Hi,
On So, 24 Jun 2012, ael wrote:
It is rather odd: seems to be full of ghostscript entries from an old
local ghostscript installation. ls-R-TEXLIVE looks much more
Ok, did you have a hard disk crash recently?
No. I am pretty sure that the discs are OK. But will do an fsck check.
- remove these four files:
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no magic string, skipping...
- rerun mktexlsr
I only just noticed that mktexlsr said
Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R...
I may have some historical texmf.cnf somewhere on that machine. I will
check report back.
ael
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Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 07:26:19AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: Hi, On So, 24 Jun 2012, ael wrote: It is rather odd: seems to be full of ghostscript entries from an old local ghostscript installation. ls-R-TEXLIVE looks much more Ok, did you have a hard disk crash recently? No. I am pretty sure that the discs are OK. But will do an fsck check. - remove these four files: mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no magic string, skipping... - rerun mktexlsr I only just noticed that mktexlsr said Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... I may have some historical texmf.cnf somewhere on that machine. I will check report back. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
Hi,
On Sa, 23 Jun 2012, ael wrote:
$ kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFMAIN
warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R.
Ouch ... that is strange. Can yo please:
- send me the current state of that file
- run (as root)
mktexlsr
and send me the output
- retry ...
It seems that either you have HD problems, or someting else
is severly broken.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 05:20:24PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: Hi, On Sa, 23 Jun 2012, ael wrote: $ kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFMAIN warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. Ouch ... that is strange. Can yo please: It is rather odd: seems to be full of ghostscript entries from an old local ghostscript installation. ls-R-TEXLIVE looks much more reasonable... - send me the current state of that file Anyway, /var/lib/texmf/ls-R is attached. I suspect that I just need to clean up that old ghostscript and probably delete the existing ls-R. I had tried texhash and so on before reporting the bug so maybe it seems likely that that local ghostscript is somehow messing that up as well. - run (as root) mktexlsr and send me the output Here is the mktexlsr (texhash) run:- - f# mktexlsr warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: Done. /var/lib/texmf/ls-R is still the same after the run above. - retry ... It seems that either you have HD problems, or someting else is severly broken. I will look at that local ghostscript installation: it was needed a long time ago to support a Brother printer which the Debian packages did not cover back then. CUPS has changed that. I had forgotten about it. Not sure that this is really the answer, but at least it gives me something to try. ael src/gdevalph.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevatx.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbbox.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbbox.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbit.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbj10.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbjc.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbjcl.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbjcl.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbmp.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbmp.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbmpa.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevbmpc.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevccr.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcdj.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcfax.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcgm.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcgml.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcgml.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcgmx.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcif.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevclj.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcljc.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcmap.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcmap.h /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcp50.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevcslw.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdevdbit.c /usr32/local/src/ghostscript/ghostscript-7.05/src/gdev
Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
Hi,
On So, 24 Jun 2012, ael wrote:
It is rather odd: seems to be full of ghostscript entries from an old
local ghostscript installation. ls-R-TEXLIVE looks much more
Ok, did you have a hard disk crash recently? The only reasonable
explanation is that your filesytem is messed up. I would suggest
running fsck manually after booting from some external media.
TO fix your problem you should do:
- remove these four files:
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no magic string, skipping...
mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no magic string, skipping...
- rerun mktexlsr
I will look at that local ghostscript installation: it was needed a long
time ago to support a Brother printer which the Debian packages did
Maybe you somehow made gs write to the wrong place, but still, my theory
is a fs inconsistency.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Bug#678711: texlive-binaries: fmtutil-sys fails
Package: texlive-binaries Version: 2012.20120530-2+b1 Severity: important Trying to configure texlive-binaries fails:- - # dpkg --configure texlive-binaries Setting up texlive-binaries (2012.20120530-2+b1) ... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no magic string, skipping... mktexlsr: Done. Building format(s) --refresh. This may take some time... fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in /tmp/fmtutil.ABmstOUu Please include this file if you report a bug. dpkg: error processing texlive-binaries (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: texlive-binaries --- This does not seem to be the same as #665644 in that $ kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFMAIN warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. /usr/share/texlive/texmf --- and $ ls -l /var/lib/texmf/ total 1756 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 21 12:45 dvipdfmx drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 21 12:45 dvips drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 4 2008 fonts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1706 Jun 23 14:19 ls-R -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 595090 May 21 09:52 ls-R-TEXLIVE -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 955844 Jun 23 14:19 ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3540 Jun 23 14:18 ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130547 May 4 2008 ls-R-TEXMFDIST-TETEX -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50918 Jun 23 14:19 ls-R-TEXMFMAIN drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 16 2006 tex -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3832 Jun 23 14:18 updmap.cfg-DEBIAN -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2660 Jun 23 14:18 updmap.cfg-TEXLIVEDIST drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 23 22:29 web2c drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 21 12:45 xdvi The contents of /tmp/fmtutil.ABmstOUu: - warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found (ls-R missing?). -- tcfmgr.map is here in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig: --- $ ls -l /usr/share/texlive/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401 Jul 26 2008 /usr/share/texlive/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map --- -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.4.0_c2+ Locale:
