[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#311557: xmltex fails to install

[Peder Chr. Nørgaard]

Package: xmltex
Version: 1.9-9
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


The new version of xmltex fails to install on my up-to-date Debian "unstable"
system. This is a transcript of the failed installation:

Setting up xmltex (1.9-9) ...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
texhash: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R...
texhash: Done.
Checking for TeX format files  we depend on ... done.
Creating xmltex format files...
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xmltex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfxmltex.fmt installed.
ERROR: XMLTeX memory dump (xmltex.efmt) cannot be found
ERROR: PDFXMLTeX memory dump (pdfxmltex.efmt) cannot be found
Trying fmtutil --all
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/lambda.oft installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/omega.oft installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/amstex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfxmltex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xmltex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/jadetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfelatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfjadetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mpost.mem installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.
ERROR: XMLTeX memory dump (xmltex.efmt) cannot be found
ERROR: PDFXMLTeX memory dump (pdfxmltex.efmt) cannot be found
*** ERROR: can't make xmltex fmt files, bailing
*** see /tmp/xmltex-postinst.h656Jr for details
dpkg: error processing xmltex (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-hipl
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages xmltex depends on:
ii  tetex-base                    2.0.2c-8   Basic library files of teTeX
ii  tetex-bin                     2.0.2-30   The teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra                   2.0.2c-8   Additional library files of teTeX

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