Bug#80275: libkpathsea3: tex-related packages are confused about libkpathsea3 vs. tetex-lib

["Adam M. Costello" <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>]

Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> wrote:

> libkpathsea3 can not provide tetex-lib with version number like 
> Provides: tetex-lib (>= 1.0.6-3)
> but can only provide tetex-lib so the xdvik-ja's dependency on 
> tetex-lib (>= 1.0.6-3) can not be satssfied.

That was my first thought, but then I would expect other programs to
have the same problem.  For example, catdvi is installed, and depends on
tetex-lib (>= 1.0.6-7), but dselect and apt-get have no complaints about
it.

> BTW, why you need xdvik-ja and what in xdvi of tetex-bin is not
> sufficient for you?  You are not a japanese, I guess.

True, but I use xdvik-ja to preview the print version of my JPOP
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