Bug#328749: [xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#328749: package installation fails with teTeX 3.0

[Ardo van Rangelrooij]

Frank K??ster (frank at debian.org) wrote:
> Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > Frank K??ster (frank at debian.org) wrote:
> >> Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo at debian.org> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > I'm done with all the fixes but when installing I'm getting the following
> >> > message:
> >> >
> >> >     Warning: fmtutil is being run as root; fmtutil-sys should probably be
> >> >     used instead.  If this is done by a Debian package upon installation,
> >> >     upgrade, or removal, please file a bug against that package.
> >> >
> >> > How do we handle this?
> >> 
> >> This is exactly the warning about the backward compatibility hack that
> >> we introduced.  Just ignore it for the time being, but keep in mind that
> >> as soon as tetex-3.0 enters testing, you should switch from fmtutil to
> >> fmtutil-sys. 
> >
> > Gotcha.
> >
> > I've got some more questions regarding xmltex and the way it's packaged for
> > Debian, but I'll get back to you with those later.
> 
> Have you read the Debian TeX Policy draft, which is included in the
> tex-common package?

Not yet, but I'll definitely do that.

Thanks,
Ardo
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