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Date:      Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:40:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/14961: TeX/Metafont die for no obvious reason
Message-ID:  <199911172140.NAA29833@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/14961; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: rfg@monkeys.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/14961: TeX/Metafont die for no obvious reason
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:39:39 +0100 (MET)

 >>>>> Ronald F Guilmette writes:
 
 
  > 	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'.
 [...]
  >> 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?)
 
 Obviously you need the lcircle10 font. Having TeX installed does not
 assure you that you can process any .tex file (in particular LaTeX files
 also require LaTeX).
 In your case install texinfo (/usr/ports/print/texinfo).
 
 Jean-Marc
 
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  Jean-Marc Zucconi                    PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG
 


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