From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Nov 17 13:40: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 554F714F57 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA29833; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911172140.NAA29833@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Jean-Marc Zucconi Subject: Re: ports/14961: TeX/Metafont die for no obvious reason Reply-To: Jean-Marc Zucconi Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/14961; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jean-Marc Zucconi 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 -- Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message