Bug#1031949: tex-common: fmtutil fails to copy logs, installation fails

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

> that my user had set. But it still seems like a bug that postinst fails
> if the system doesn't have a certain locale. Or maybe I'm viewing this
> incorrectly?

Yes, you do ;-)

Certain programs, in this case luatex, require correct locale setup to
work. It would be nice if we could detect these problems beforehand and
warn the user with a clear message, but also this is non-trivial.

If the locale are incorrectly setup, there is not much to do but fail.

Think about: You could configure to set your shell to
	/bin/IamNotThereBash
and it would of course create a lot of problems. Maintainer scripts
cannot work around all possible misconfiguration of a system.

Best

Norbert

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