Re: teTeX installation

Thomas Esser <[email protected]> writes:

>> Yes, I did check the logs and there was no trace of error. echo $? of 
>> make install returned 0.
>
> I see the following:
>
> if test -f /usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3/fmtutil-sys; then  TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/teTeX//share/texmf
> +PATH=/usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3:/usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/b
> +in:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin  /usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3/fmtutil-sys --all;  else :;
> +fi
> tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found.
> fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
> if test -f /usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3/texlinks; then  TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/teTeX//share/texmf
> +PATH=/usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3:/usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/b
> +in:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin  /usr/local/teTeX//bin/i386-unknown-freebsd5.3/texlinks;  else :; fi
> texlinks: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
>
>>From that, I conclude that you have passed
>   --prefix=/usr/local/teTeX/
> (including the trailing shlash). This causes trouble, because // end up
> in places in /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf where a single shash
> should be.

That invocation is common enough (indeed, with command completion
almost unavoidable) that it would be a good idea if teTeX was able to
deal with it.  Something like

prefix="`sed 's/[\\/]\$//' <<EOF
${prefix}
EOF
`"

or so should do the trick in the configure script.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum