Bug#904512: texlive-base: tlmgr is broken: execution aborted due to compilation errors
Package: texlive-base
Version: 2018.20180724-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
(Not sure about the severity, as I don't know the whole consequences.
But I'd say that's at least a RC bug.)
Since the latest upgrade, tlmgr no longer works at all.
For instance:
zira:~> tlmgr conf
Global symbol "@AcceptedCompressors" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my @AcceptedCompressors"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 1725.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 1726.
Global symbol "@AcceptedCompressors" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my @AcceptedCompressors"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 1768.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 1769.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 2104.
Global symbol "%DecompressorProgram" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %DecompressorProgram"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 2231.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 2232.
Global symbol "%DecompressorArgs" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %DecompressorArgs"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 2233.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 3144.
Global symbol "%CompressorExtension" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %CompressorExtension"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 7224.
Global symbol "@AcceptedCompressors" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my @AcceptedCompressors"?) at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 7224.
Execution of /usr/bin/tlmgr aborted due to compilation errors.
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minimal input file
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2880 2018-07-25 00:56:29 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2017-08-17 07:38:09 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2018-07-24 03:09:29 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2018-07-24 03:09:29 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2017-08-19 22:06:14 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2018-07-24 03:09:29 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -> /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2018-07-24 03:09:29 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5068 2018-07-25 00:56:01 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 2014-10-21 02:46:09 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 2017-08-19 22:06:14 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.68
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu5
ii tex-common 6.09
ii texlive-binaries 2018.20180710.48169-1
ii ucf 3.0038
ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-1
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.5-3
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.28.2-1
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.22~dfsg-2.1
ii gv [postscript-viewer] 1:3.7.4-1+b1
pn perl-tk <none>
ii xpdf [pdf-viewer] 3.04-7+b1
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1
ii ucf 3.0038
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 11.3.5
Versions of packages texlive-base is related to:
ii tex-common 6.09
ii texlive-binaries 2018.20180710.48169-1
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
texlive-base/binary_chooser: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi
texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant:
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