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Date:      Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:07:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   ports/14961: TeX/Metafont die for no obvious reason
Message-ID:  <199911172107.NAA06250@monkeys.com>
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>Number:         14961
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       TeX/Metafont die for no obvious reason
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 17 13:10:04 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ronald F. Guilmette
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
E-Scrub Technologies, Inc.
>Environment:

	Stock FreeBSD 3.3 (x86) with the tex-3.14159 package installed
	(which appears to include Metafont).

>Description:

	I simply tried to run /usr/local/bin/tex on the termcap.texi file
	contained in the GNU termcap-1.3 package (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/) and
	out popped a whole bunch of incomprehensible (fatal?) error messages,
	to wit:

	This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2c 7.1)
	(termcap.texi (texinfo.tex Loading texinfo package [Version 2.146]: Basics,
	fonts, page headings, tables, indexing, sectioning, toc printing,
	environments,kpathsea: Running MakeTeXTFM lcircle10 
	MakeTeXTFM: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; scrollmode; input lcircle10
	This is METAFONT, Version 2.718 (Web2c 7.1)
	
	kpathsea: Running MakeTeXMF lcircle10 
	! I can't find file `lcircle10'.
	<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; scrollmode; input lcircle10
	                                                  
	Please type another input file name: 
	! Emergency stop.
	<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; scrollmode; input lcircle10
	                                                  
	Transcript written on mfput.log.
	MakeTeXTFM: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; scrollmode; input lcircle10' failed.
	kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
	
	! Font \circle=lcircle10 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
	<to be read again> 
	                   \global 
	\alloc@ #1#2#3#4#5->\global 
	                            \advance \count 1#1by\@ne \ch@ck #1#4#2\allocati...
	l.3155 \newdimen\circthick
	                          
	? ^D
	! Emergency stop.
	<to be read again> 
	                   \global 
	\alloc@ #1#2#3#4#5->\global 
	                            \advance \count 1#1by\@ne \ch@ck #1#4#2\allocati...
	l.3155 \newdimen\circthick
                  


>How-To-Repeat:

	Install tex-3.14159 package on FreeBSD 3.3 and then run tex on the
	termcap.texi file contained inthe GNU termcap-1.3 distribution.

>Fix:
	Beast me!  I don't even understand what's going wrong, let alone
	how to fix it.

	I get the feeling however that maybe some font files are missing (?)
	(Maybe there should have been a package install dependency on the
	relevant font files?)


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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