Bug#72630: tetex-bin: mkfontdesc fails on Debian [FIX]
> We should fix mkfontdesc. Please try the following patch:
>
> 20,22c20,22
> < TEXMF=`kpsetool -v '$TEXMFMAIN'`
> < pk=$TEXMF/fonts/pk
> < FONTDESC=$TEXMF/fonts/fontdesc
> ---
> > VARTEXFONTS=`kpsetool -v '$VARTEXFONTS'`
> > pk=$VARTEXFONTS/pk
> > FONTDESC=$VARTEXFONTS/fontdesc
Not ok for teTeX in general. The assumption that pk files are generated
in the $VARTEXFONTS area is not always true.
The real solution would be to support multiple texmf trees *plus* the
$VARTEXFONTS area (if that is activated). That script was written in
the old days where we just had one texmf tree...
The purpose of mkfontdesc is to support old drivers (which are not part
of teTeX). One solution for the Debian-problem (due to activated varfonts
feature) would be to drop this script...
Thomas
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