Bug 645346

Summary:	=app-text/texlive-core-2016-r5: missing format files (*.fmt)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kevin Vigouroux <gilaro>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Alexis Ballier <aballier>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	tex
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info =app-text/texlive-core-2016-r5 TeX and LuaTeX exit status.

Description Kevin Vigouroux 2018-01-22 10:56:46 UTC

Created attachment 515822 [details]
emerge --info =app-text/texlive-core-2016-r5

I do not wish to install a complete TeX Live distribution so I installed app-text/texlive-core.

I do not know which package could be suited so I chose this package because of the description: "A complete Tex Live distribution".

I have got the same result as #bug 516004:

Running tex on generated .tex file yields:

kpathsea: running mktexfm tex.fmt
I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'!

+ Running luatex on generated .tex file yields:

+ kpathsea: running mktexfm luatex.fmt
+ I can't find the format file `luatex.fmt`!

These files are provided by the package dev-texlive/texlive-basic. These files should have been present in the package app-text/texlive-core because of the package description.

Comment 1 Kevin Vigouroux 2018-01-22 11:01:31 UTC

Created attachment 515824 [details]
TeX and LuaTeX exit status.

Comment 2 Alexis Ballier gentoo-dev

2018-01-27 16:34:52 UTC

that's how it's meant, tl-core is not to be used alone

simplest way to get texlive is to tune useflags on app-text/texlive for your needs; anything else is prone to error if you don't know what you're doing

Comment 3 Kevin Vigouroux 2018-01-29 18:11:38 UTC

Do you think we should know everything? A description informs the user and should not mislead him.

The problem still arises and it does not cost you anything to correct the description. On the other hand, the misinformed user will have to waste time looking for the cause of the problem.