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supp-pdf.mkii: cannot use macro parameter character # in horizontal mode

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Francesco Poli \(t1000\)" <frx@firenze.linux.it>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: supp-pdf.mkii: cannot use macro parameter character # in horizontal mode

Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:49:49 +0100

Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2009-7
Severity: normal

Hi!

I've just found out what seems to be a problematic regression.

Steps to reproduce:

  # aptitude install xml-resume-library
  $ cat test.xml 
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <!DOCTYPE resume PUBLIC "-//Sean Kelly//DTD Resume 1.5.1//EN"
    "/usr/share/sgml/xml-resume-library/dtd/resume.dtd">
  
  <resume>
  
    <header>
      <name>
        <firstname>Foo</firstname>
        <surname>Bar</surname>
      </name>
    </header>
  
  </resume>
  
  $ xmlto -x /usr/share/sgml/xml-resume-library/xsl/output/us-letter.xsl pdf test.xml
  This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
   restricted \write18 enabled.
  entering extended mode
  (./tmp.fo
  LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
  Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
  yphenation, bulgarian, ukrainian, russian, ibycus, monogreek, greek, ancientgre
  ek, italian, latin, loaded.
  xmltex version: 2002/06/25 v1.9 (Exp):
  (/usr/share/texmf/tex/xmltex/config/xmltex.cfg) 
  No File: tmp.cfg (/usr/share/texmf/tex/xmltex/passivetex/fotex.xmt)
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
  Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
  (/usr/share/texmf/tex/xmltex/passivetex/fotex.sty
  )
  No file tmp.aux.
  (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tipa/t3ptm.fd)
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/cyrillic/t2acmr.fd)
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/psnfss/t1ptm.fd)
  (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
  ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
  l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#
                                            1%
  ? 
  ! Emergency stop.
  l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#
                                            1%
  !  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
  Transcript written on tmp.log.


All this used to work flawlessly about one year ago (on Debian testing).

The error seems to be generated by file supp-pdf.mkii, which belongs to
package texlive-latex-base.
Please reassign the bug report as appropriate, in case I selected the
wrong package!

Please help me, I cannot understand what's wrong and this prevents
*any* XML resume to be compiled in PDF format.




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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1279 Jan 21 18:53 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 79 Jan 18 21:41 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jan 18 21:47 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan 18 21:47 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan 18 21:47 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
######################################
 Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 18 21:47 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6766 Jan 21 18:53 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12878 Jan 21 18:53 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5023 Jan 21 18:53 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
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total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Nov 23  2007 mktex.cnf
######################################
 md5sums of texmf.d
3875bf0f4a53a29b7f247399dc9833e2  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
6e82a3d4c00ae7e4f86aa8dcf9438cf3  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
d588a08518f705d06ac262acd78f2bc4  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/20xmltex.cnf
c60a084820a0b73e3bfbf2e90bda437c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
37329819f1109e8a457e64b8b58fecdb  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
bab3b7e578107f999fa1b0768994f6f8  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on:
ii  dpkg                          1.15.5.6   Debian package management system
ii  tex-common                    2.06       common infrastructure for building
ii  texlive-base                  2009-7     TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii  texlive-binaries              2009-5     Binaries for TeX Live
ii  texlive-common                2009-7     TeX Live: Base component

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base recommends:
ii  texlive-latex-base-doc        2009-7     TeX Live: Documentation files for 

texlive-latex-base suggests no packages.

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                          1.15.5.6   Debian package management system
ii  ucf                           3.0025     Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to:
pn  tetex-base                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-bin                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  tetex-extra                   <none>     (no description available)
ii  tex-common                    2.06       common infrastructure for building

-- debconf information:
  tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
  tex-common/check_texmf_missing:

Message #10 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

To: "Francesco Poli (t1000)" <frx@firenze.linux.it>, 566591@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: supp-pdf.mkii: cannot use macro parameter character # in horizontal mode

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:39:14 +0100

tags 566591 + confirmed
stop

        Hi

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010, Francesco Poli (t1000) wrote:
>   (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
>   ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
>   l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#

 I see this issue as well when make dist-ing valgrind and have no idea
 how to workaround it, short of disabling the PDF manuals.

 Did you find a better workaround?

   Thanks,
-- 
Loïc Minier

Message #17 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>

To: Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Cc: 566591@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: supp-pdf.mkii: cannot use macro parameter character # in horizontal mode

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:08:36 +0100

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On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:39:14 +0100 Loïc Minier wrote:

[...]
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010, Francesco Poli (t1000) wrote:
> >   (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
> >   ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
> >   l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#
> 
>  I see this issue as well when make dist-ing valgrind and have no idea
>  how to workaround it, short of disabling the PDF manuals.

Well, thanks for confirming the presence of the bug: it's always good
when someone else tells you that you're *not* the only one who's bitten
by an issue!   ;-)

> 
>  Did you find a better workaround?

Unfortunately, I didn't...
I was hoping for a reply from the Debian TeX Maintainers!


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Message #22 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

To: texlive@tug.org, Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>

Cc: "Francesco Poli (t1000)" <frx@firenze.linux.it>, 566591@bugs.debian.org, Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:08:48 +0100

Dear Heiko, dear TeX Live gurus,

if we run pdfxmltex in TL 2009 in pdf mode it dies with:

>   (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
>   ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
>   l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#
>                                             1%

supp-pdf.mkii is loaded by hyperref.

That is hard to trigger in original upstream TeX Live because there
is another bug in the pdfxmltex.ini file in upstream TL2009, which 
makes it use dvi mode all the time, since it loads first pdftexconfig.ini
and then xmltex.ini which in turn loads latex.ini which in turn
turns off pdfoutput... I will fix that one myself, but the above
problem is still present.

Best wishes

Norbert
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Message #27 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>

To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

Cc: texlive@tug.org, "Francesco Poli (t1000)" <frx@firenze.linux.it>, 566591@bugs.debian.org, Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: Re: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:28:13 +0100

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 05:08:48AM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:

> Dear Heiko, dear TeX Live gurus,
> 
> if we run pdfxmltex in TL 2009 in pdf mode it dies with:
> 
> >   (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
> >   ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
> >   l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#
> >                                             1%
> 
> supp-pdf.mkii is loaded by hyperref.

supp-pdf.mkii is loaded by pdftex.def, that is loaded by the
color package and the color package is loaded if hyperref has
seen option `colorlinks'.
  And pdftex.def uses \AtBeginDocument to load supp-pdf.mkii.

But the format pdfxmltex has not loaded neither color nor hyperref.
And the log file of debian that is shown for debian bug report 566591
only shows supp-pdf.mkii without hyperref and without color or pdftex.def.
But the .log file is generated by xmlto (I don't know it), that
seems to use a different format than TL's pdfxmltex.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>

Message #32 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

To: Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>, 566591@bugs.debian.org

Cc: texlive@tug.org, "Francesco Poli (t1000)" <frx@firenze.linux.it>, Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:08:14 +0100

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Dear Heiko, dear all,

On Sa, 13 Feb 2010, Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> supp-pdf.mkii is loaded by pdftex.def, that is loaded by the
> color package and the color package is loaded if hyperref has
> seen option `colorlinks'.
>   And pdftex.def uses \AtBeginDocument to load supp-pdf.mkii.

Ah, ok, that is a long queue I didn't get.

> But the format pdfxmltex has not loaded neither color nor hyperref.
> And the log file of debian that is shown for debian bug report 566591
> only shows supp-pdf.mkii without hyperref and without color or pdftex.def.
> But the .log file is generated by xmlto (I don't know it), that
> seems to use a different format than TL's pdfxmltex.

I attach a .fo file that is intermediately generated by xmlto. Running
pdfxmltex on it shows the same problem. I also attach the log file of
running it through pdfxmltex.

All that was done on an up2date TL2009 (not Debian package) with
a fixed pdfxmltex (that does pdf output).

Do you have any idea what is going on here?

Best wishes

Norbert
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Message #37 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry)

To: preining@logic.at

Cc: oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de, 566591@bugs.debian.org, lool@dooz.org, frx@firenze.linux.it, texlive@tug.org

Subject: Re: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:55:03 GMT

First, I checked in the fix for pdfxmltex.ini.

    (/home/norbert/tl/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
    ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
    l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#

Is there any way to "escape" into TeX in an xmltex document?

Anyway, to make a start at debugging this, I copied xmltex.cfg to my current
directory and appended
  {\globaldefs=1\loggingall}\nonstopmode
as the last line.  The resulting big log file shows that supp-pdf.mkii
is being read with unusual (xmltex's, I suppose) catcodes.  \, for
example, expands to \utfeightay \

Since supp-pdf.mkii is being loaded at \begin{document} time, I suppose
xmltex's catcodes are already in effect.  \GPT@catcodes seems to be
getting invoked, and it doesn't include \catcode`\\=0.  And just adding
it in the obvious way caused new and worse errors.

Evidently color is getting loaded by xmltex's sec.xmt, which is what
triggers the rest.  And presumably that is necessary.  So I guess we
somehow have to either arrange for the right catcodes to be set, or add
an option to pdftex.def to tell it not to load supp-pdf.mkii.  I tried
disabling those inputs in pdftex.def, and then your sample .fo did get
processed ok.  And xmltex is not likely to need to transparently read
.mps files.

No solution yet, but that's my allotment for today.

k

Message #42 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>

To: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>

Cc: preining@logic.at, 566591@bugs.debian.org, lool@dooz.org, frx@firenze.linux.it, texlive@tug.org

Subject: Re: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:48:42 +0100

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:55:03AM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:

>     (/home/norbert/tl/2009/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
>     ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.
>     l.82     \def\@@mptopdf@@twodigitrounding#

> Since supp-pdf.mkii is being loaded at \begin{document} time, I suppose
> xmltex's catcodes are already in effect.  \GPT@catcodes seems to be
> getting invoked, and it doesn't include \catcode`\\=0.  And just adding
> it in the obvious way caused new and worse errors.

Thanks.

If someone thinks, I am paranoid because of the excessive
catcode settings, then this example proves that I must be
even more paranoid.

Therefore I added more settings to \GPT@catcodes
(backslash, curly braces, space, tab, endline char).

pdftex.def 0.04n is available temporarily:
  http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~oberdiek/tmp/pdftex.def
CTAN update is on its way, but I had problems updating the
berlios project of pdftex.def.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>

Message #47 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

To: Heiko Oberdiek <oberdiek@uni-freiburg.de>, 566591@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>, lool@dooz.org, frx@firenze.linux.it, texlive@tug.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:06:49 +0100

On So, 14 Feb 2010, Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> pdftex.def 0.04n is available temporarily:
>   http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~oberdiek/tmp/pdftex.def

Thanks a lot. It fixes the problem!

Best wishes

Norbert
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Message #52 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>

To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

Cc: 566591@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:36:32 +0100

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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:06:49 +0100 Norbert Preining wrote:

> On So, 14 Feb 2010, Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> > pdftex.def 0.04n is available temporarily:
> >   http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~oberdiek/tmp/pdftex.def
> 
> Thanks a lot. It fixes the problem!

Thanks to you, for reporting the problem upstream!

Do I understand correctly that replacing
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
(from package texlive-latex-base) with the above modified pdftex.def
file is supposed to fix the bug?

Are you going to upload a fixed Debian revision of texlive-latex-base
soon?

Should I manually overwrite
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
on my system, in the meanwhile, in order to fix the bug until I upgrade
to the next texlive-latex-base revision?
Any other manual steps to perform?

Thanks for your time.

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Message #57 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

To: Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>

Cc: 566591@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:58:52 +0100

On Sa, 20 Feb 2010, Francesco Poli wrote:
> Do I understand correctly that replacing
> /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
> (from package texlive-latex-base) with the above modified pdftex.def
> file is supposed to fix the bug?

Yes, that is the fix that will be included.

> Are you going to upload a fixed Debian revision of texlive-latex-base
> soon?

Depending on the definition of soon. I will upload, but I am quite
busy ATM.

> Should I manually overwrite
> /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
> on my system, in the meanwhile, in order to fix the bug until I upgrade

Yes, please do so.

> Any other manual steps to perform?

No.

Best wishes

Norbert
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Message #62 received at 566591@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>

To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

Cc: 566591@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#566591: [tex-live] Bug#566591: pdfxmltex stumbles over supp-pdf.mkii

Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:03:23 +0100

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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:58:52 +0100 Norbert Preining wrote:

> On Sa, 20 Feb 2010, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Do I understand correctly that replacing
> > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
> > (from package texlive-latex-base) with the above modified pdftex.def
> > file is supposed to fix the bug?
> 
> Yes, that is the fix that will be included.

Good!

> 
> > Are you going to upload a fixed Debian revision of texlive-latex-base
> > soon?
> 
> Depending on the definition of soon. I will upload, but I am quite
> busy ATM.

Well, it's important that it is actually included in the next upload.
If the next upload has to be postponed a little bit, it's OK anyway.

Of course, the sooner the better for the whole user base...

> 
> > Should I manually overwrite
> > /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
> > on my system, in the meanwhile, in order to fix the bug until I upgrade
> 
> Yes, please do so.

I've just tried: I can confirm that it fixes the bug.
Thanks for helping out!   :-)

> 
> > Any other manual steps to perform?
> 
> No.

I can also confirm that the manual fix does not require any other
action: for the interested readers, just replace the file and get away
happy!

> 
> Best wishes

Bye, and thanks again for working on this bug!   :)


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From: Norbert Preining <preining@debian.org>

To: 566591-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#566591: fixed in texlive-base 2009-8

Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:38:55 +0000

Source: texlive-base
Source-Version: 2009-8

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
texlive-base, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

texlive-base_2009-8.diff.gz
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-base_2009-8.diff.gz
texlive-base_2009-8.dsc
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-base_2009-8.dsc
texlive-base_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-base_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-common_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-common_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-fonts-recommended-doc_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-fonts-recommended-doc_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-fonts-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-fonts-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-full_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-full_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-generic-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-generic-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-latex-base-doc_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-base-doc_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-latex-base_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-base_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-latex-recommended-doc_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-recommended-doc_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-latex-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-recommended_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-luatex_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-luatex_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-metapost-doc_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-metapost-doc_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-metapost_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-metapost_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-omega_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-omega_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-pictures-doc_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-pictures-doc_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-pictures_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-pictures_2009-8_all.deb
texlive-xetex_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive-xetex_2009-8_all.deb
texlive_2009-8_all.deb
  to main/t/texlive-base/texlive_2009-8_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 566591@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Norbert Preining <preining@debian.org> (supplier of updated texlive-base package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:57:20 +0900
Source: texlive-base
Binary: texlive-base texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-pictures texlive-luatex texlive-metapost texlive-omega texlive-xetex texlive texlive-full texlive-common texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-metapost-doc texlive-pictures-doc
Architecture: source all
Version: 2009-8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers <debian-tex-maint@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Norbert Preining <preining@debian.org>
Description: 
 texlive    - TeX Live: A decent selection of the TeX Live packages
 texlive-base - TeX Live: Essential programs and files
 texlive-common - TeX Live: Base component
 texlive-fonts-recommended - TeX Live: Recommended fonts
 texlive-fonts-recommended-doc - TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-fonts-recommended
 texlive-full - TeX Live: metapackage pulling in all components of TeX Live
 texlive-generic-recommended - TeX Live: Recommended generic packages
 texlive-latex-base - TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages
 texlive-latex-base-doc - TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-latex-base
 texlive-latex-recommended - TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packages
 texlive-latex-recommended-doc - TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-latex-recommended
 texlive-luatex - TeX Live: LuaTeX packages
 texlive-metapost - TeX Live: MetaPost (and Metafont) drawing packages
 texlive-metapost-doc - TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-metapost
 texlive-omega - TeX Live: Omega
 texlive-pictures - TeX Live: Graphics packages and programs
 texlive-pictures-doc - TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-pictures
 texlive-xetex - TeX Live: XeTeX packages
Closes: 565646 566591 570901
Changes: 
 texlive-base (2009-8) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * update pdftex.def to latest version to fix pdfxmltex breakage
     (Closes: #566591)
   * add texlive-base_cid-x.map_add-jis.patch from YOSHINO Yoshihito
     that adds jis maps to cid-x.map fixing the usage of jis fonts with
     ptex (Closes: #570901)
   * add patch epspdf-call-ruby-explicitely that make epspdf and epspdftk
     call the ruby implementations explicitely with ruby as interpreter
     to allow execution (Closes: #565646)
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