Symlink for /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktextfm doesn't exists. mktexfmt needs for dynamic TFM files production. As a result, if the /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/ isn't in $PATH, pdflatex fails with error: kpathsea: Running mktextfm larm1000 mktextfm: No such file or directory kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font T2A/cmr/m/n/10=larm1000 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fo und. Also mktextfm requires mktexmf. Without the proper /usr/bin/mktexmf symlink mktextfm also fails with error: kpathsea: Running mktextfm larm1000 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input larm1000 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2020/Mageia) (preloaded base=mf) kpathsea: Running mktexmf larm1000 mktexmf: No such file or directory ! I can't find file `larm1000'. <*> ...four; mag:=1; ; nonstopmode; input larm1000 It's the patch that works for me: https://saahriktu.org/mageia/texlive-texmf-add_mktextfm_and_mktexmf.patch
Thank you for the report and your correction of the problem. Assigning to MarcK, packager for this SRPM.
Assignee: bugsquad => mageiaSource RPM: texlive-texmf-20200406-5.mga8.src.rpm and texlive-texmf-20200406-7.mga8.src.rpm => texlive-texmf-20200406-5.mga8.src.rpm, texlive-texmf-20200406-7.mga8.src.rpm
Updated texlive package fix missing symlinks: during tex run some programs are missing in path variable. This update adds the missing programs as symlinks. ======================== Updated packages in core/updates_testing: ======================== texlive-fonts-asian-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-collection-basic-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-context-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-fonts-sources-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-texmf-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-fontsextra-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-dist-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm texlive-doc-20200406-7.1.mga8.noarch.rpm SRPM: texlive-texmf-20200406-7.1.mga8.src.rpm
Assignee: mageia => qa-bugs
There is another texlive update that has been waiting for feedback on an issue for 48 days. The reason that update was not passed on is summarized in https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28585#c9 Specifically, some man pages that didn't belong with texlive-collection-basic were removed by the update, but doing so that way also removed them from the package to which they DO belong. Does this update address that issue, too? If not, and it simply removes the offending man pages as happened in Bug 28585, this update should not be approved, either. We cannot have an update remove files that belong with an unrelated package, even if they are "only" man pages.
CC: (none) => andrewsfarm
Installed texlive packages in an M8 Plasma guest in VirtualBox. Checked, and the two symlinks were not there. Used qarepo to update the packages, with no installation issues. Checked again, and /usr/bin/mktexmf and /usr/bin/mktexfm symlinks are now both there. So that part is fixed. With regard to the man page issues of Bug 28585, I checked before installing anything, and psutils, including the man pages, was already installed on this system. After installing our present texlive-collection-basic, the man pages were still there. Updating texlive-collection-basic from testing removed the man pages for psutils and psjoin, which should still be there as they are part of the psutils packages. What I would propose is this: We could go ahead and push this update, knowing it will remove those man pages. Once that is done, after a short wait to allow users to complete this update, we should push a second bug to update psutils and restore those man pages. That should take care of it. If anybody has a better idea, I'm more than willing to listen.
This is a packaging issue. the correct fix is to use pretrans/posttrans to fix up the mess... basically move/rename affected files in pretrans and restore them in posttrans
Well, however it gets fixed, it needs to be taken care of before things go any further. Setting Bug 28585 as a block for this one.
Blocks: (none) => 28585
Sending this back until Bug 28585 is properly addressed.
Assignee: qa-bugs => mageia