I did not find how to fix all those error messages at installation time, but I did find how to recover a working texlive after such an installtion.

As root, execute:

texhash

This should be added as a post-install scriplet I guess.

Cheers.

Ping?

That was opened on Cauldron before mga3 release and unfortunately this missing "texhash" is still missing I guess in the official release :-/

If you try to install texlive-fontsextra, that will not have any effect on the system because that texhash should be also added somewhere.

Dmorgan, if you're busy, I can have a look to the package if this is ok for you, but I would like someone to confirm that it is not only my system which is screwed (I don't think so, it happens on all my mga computers).

To reproduce, in addition to the above bug (please start from a clean new config without latex and with clean /usr/share/texmf-blabla otherwise it will  fakely seems to work!)

1) try to compile the attached tex file -> fails

2) install texlive-fontsextra.

3) try to compile test.tex -> fails

As root, runs "texhash"

4) try to compile test.tex -> success.


Let me know.
cheers.

Created attachment 4069 [details]
tex file requiring bbold

to compile:
latex test.tex

that guy requires bbold which is in texlive-fontsextra only, but installing that package should not fix the pb due to the infamous missing texhash :)
Please confirm!

I can confirm that after upgrading to mga3, I have the same issue trying to generate pdf from docbook (passing through tex).

Using the docbook2pdf command lead to:
Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat
Using stylesheet: /users/bruno/pb/projects/mondorescue/delivery/mondo-3.0.420130724124344/docs/en/mondorescue-howto.dsl#pdf
Working on: /users/bruno/pb/projects/mondorescue/delivery/mondo-3.0.420130724124344/docs/en/mondorescue-howto.sgml
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Mageia)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfjadetex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
make: *** [mondorescue-howto.pdf] Erreur 9

Running texhash does NOT fix the issue however :-(

So for a docbook context more still need to be done, I'll look at it.

CC: (none) => bruno

For my issue, it seems that doing in addition the following solve my issue:
mv /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfjadetex.fmt /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfjadetex.fmt.old

So I think that thee are 2 problems, one with texlive, and one with jadetex (maybe in relationship with https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538#c3), the last one being due to the work around I had to do to workaround a previous bug.

This also affected the sane package, and I fixed it there the same way I fixed it for torque.  Malo advised me to add texlive-texmf to the BuildRequires for now.  He said there are probably some more files that need to be moved from texlive-texmf to texlive-collection-basic, but he doesn't know which ones yet.

Hi guys,
same pb with new texlive, I cannot make it compiling anything on  fresh mageia 4 install...-->

Some errors at installation:

Preparing...                     ############################################################
      1/2: texlive               ############################################################
      2/2: texlive-collection-basic
                                 ############################################################
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1961.
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1962.
updmap: open() failed: No such file or directory at /bin/updmap line 1962.
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1961.
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1962.
updmap: open() failed: No such file or directory at /bin/updmap line 1962.
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1961.
Use of uninitialized value $fn in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 1962.
updmap: open() failed: No such file or directory at /bin/updmap line 1962.
Use of uninitialized value $orig in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 356.
Use of uninitialized value $orig in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap line 356.
Use of uninitialized value $orig in concatenation (.) or string at /bin/updmap




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latex basicfile.tex 
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Mageia)
 restricted \write18 enabled.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
fmtutil: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' ...
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Mageia) (INITEX)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/latex.ini
! I can't find file `pdftexconfig'.
l.7     \input pdftexconfig
                           
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
l.7     \input pdftexconfig
                           
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
Error: `pdftex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /home/chris/.texlive2013/texmf-var/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages:
`pdftex -ini  -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed
warning: kpathsea: mktexfmt output `This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Mageia) (INITEX)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/latex.ini
! I can't find file `pdftexconfig'.
l.7     \input pdftexconfig
                           
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
l.7     \input pdftexconfig
                           
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.' instead of a filename.
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!





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Malo,
I found the pb; it is missing BR:

If you do:

urpmi latex

it triggers only
texlive
texlive-collection-basic

which simply gives a non-functionning latex.

I had to manually install
texlive-dist
texlive-texmf

I think we hit again the mandriva old pb... Trying to split texlive makes it fails :-/

Hi Chris, the problem is not the split, but the %post script that I messed up.
Can you uninstall texlive-dist and texlive-texmf, and then run (as root) updmap.
Normally latex should work (even if some packages are missing).

Hi Malo,
yes, it works! There is not package installed, but a minimal latex file indeed compiles. Well done actually!!!

Feel free to close this bug as soon as your scriptlet work, I'll reopen in case of pb!

cheers,
chris.

Closing that one.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED