When I try to LaTeX a file that needs some fonts, I get many error messages and a missfont.log is created. If I just have a look at this and execute the given command, it looks like this: Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. mktextfm gttn0900 Actual Results: mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input gttn0900 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf gttn0900 /usr/bin/mktexmf: line 118: mf21244.tmp: Permission denied chmod: cannot access `mf21244.tmp': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `mf21244.tmp': No such file or directory mktexmf: /usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cbgreek/gttn0900.mf: successfully generated. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd: /usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cbgreek/gttn0900.mf not a file. warning: kpathsea: mktexpk output `/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cbgreek/gttn0900.mf' instead of a filename. ! I can't find file `gttn0900'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input gttn0900 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input gttn0900 Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input gttn0900' failed. Expected Results: Font created somewhere in /var/cache/fonts where everybody has write permission. /usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cbgreek: total 928 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 3 2004 . drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Nov 10 10:41 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23852 Feb 11 14:10 cbaccent.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12718 Feb 11 14:10 cbbase.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39803 Feb 11 14:10 cbdigits.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1905 Feb 11 14:10 cbgreek.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12558 Feb 11 14:10 cblig.mf ... -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4991 Feb 11 14:10 gttc.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4930 Feb 11 14:10 gtti.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4938 Feb 11 14:10 gttn.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4939 Feb 11 14:10 gtto.mf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4938 Feb 11 14:10 gttu.mf /var/cache/fonts/: total 24 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Nov 10 10:43 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 29 08:44 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002 Nov 10 10:43 ls-R drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 4096 Jun 21 2004 pk drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 Jan 6 16:11 source drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 4096 Jun 21 2004 tfm I get this result even if I specify --destdir for mktextmf
Exporting "MT_FEATURES=nomfdrivers" seems a workaround. Looking at "info kpathsea" one would probably want "fontmaps" configured in mktex.cnf, but as the referenced info documentation for fontname seems to be absent on my system, I don't know any details.
This should be fixed in tetex-3.0 (if you don't have disabled font generation for users, in which case it is your own problem :-) tetex-3.0_p1-r3 is very close to going stable, so I suggest you try that one out and see if it really is fixed.
Closing as tetex-3.0_p1-r3 is stable now.
