Bug#61627: this is serious

["C.M. Connelly" <c@eskimo.com>]

"IZ" == Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>


    IZ> I think the priority of this bug should be upgraded.  The
    IZ> FHS has the weight of policy, and its relevant section
    IZ> even metions TeX's pk fonts explicitly:

    FHS> 5.2.1 /var/cache/fonts : Locally-generated fonts
    FHS>           
    FHS> The directory /var/cache/fonts should be used to store
    FHS> any dynamically-created fonts. In particular, all of the
    FHS> fonts which are automatically generated by mktexpk should
    FHS> be located in appropriately-named subdirectories of
    FHS> /var/cache/fonts.
 
    IZ> This should be easy to change.

To make this change, we would need to modify
tetex-bin:texmf.d/05TeXMF to use /var/cache instead of /var/spool
(easy).  

Slightly harder is deciding what to do about existing PK fonts.

Off the top of my head, we could

   1. Delete them, and allow them to be regenerated on-the-fly

   2. Move the fonts from their old location to the new location

   3. Allow the systems administrator to decide whether to move
      the fonts or not

Even if we go with 1 or 2, we should still probably include a
debconf screen explaining why the change has been made, and why
it's a good idea to allow the change.

   CMC

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