[Mageia-dev] texlive missing files/apps in Mageia

Thu Mar 29 00:39:09 CEST 2012

2012/3/22 Thomas Spuhler <thomas at btspuhler.com>:
+> On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 02:17:15 PM simple w8 wrote:
+>> 2012/3/21 Claire Robinson <eeeemail at gmail.com>:
+>> > On 21/03/12 15:25, simple w8 wrote:
+>> >> 2012/3/21 Oliver Burger<oliver.bgr at googlemail.com>:
+>> >>> Am 21.03.2012 14:33, schrieb simple w8:
+>> >>>> Hi,
+>> >>>>
+>> >>>> Today i have tried to package an updated wpa_supplicant (from git) and
+>> >>>> was not possible due to missing texlive features.
+>> >>>
+>> >>> [...]
+>> >>>
+>> >>>> I can't find the format file `pdfjadetex.fmt'!
+>> >>>> make: *** [pdf] Error 9
+>> >>>
+>> >>> Is jadetex installed?
+>> >>>
+>> >>> Oliver
+>> >>
+>> >>  Yes
+>> >
+>> > This is probably related to bug 1538
+>> >
+>> > https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538
+>> >
+>> > jadetex is missing a require on texlive-texmf
+>> >
+>> > Try installing texlive-texmf and reinstalling jadetex.
+>> >
+>> > Claire
+>>
+>> All texlive packages are isntalled along with jadetex.
+>> For what i see there are missing apps from texlive, there are severall
+>> texlive packages, not just single source.
+>>
+>> Maybe texlive maintainer could check mandriva texlive packages and update
+>> mageia
+>
+> Mandriva is very different, they divide the texlive package into about 1,500
+> packages.
+
+The point is that are missing texlive files that for example are
+required to build wpa_supplicant documentation like i have previously
+pointed.
+
+> --
+> Best regards
+> Thomas Spuhler
+