Bug 1657755

Summary:	dvipdfmx links to an unexistent file
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marco Guazzone <marco.guazzone>
Component:	texlive	Assignee:	Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	29	CC:	marco.guazzone, tcallawa, than
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Description Marco Guazzone 2018-12-10 11:38:49 UTC

Description of problem:

The command "dvipdfmx" does not work since it is a symbolic link to "xdvipdfmx" which does not exist in my file system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

texlive-dvipdfmx-20180414-28.fc29.x86_64


How reproducible:

Simply install the texlive-dvipdfmx package


Steps to Reproduce:
1. sudo dnf install texlive-dvipdfmx
2. cd/usr/bin
3. ls dvipdfmx


Actual results:

The third step produces the following output:

   lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Nov 26 19:22 dvipdfmx -> xdvipdfmx

where the symbolic link is broken.

As a consequence, the "dvipdfmx" command as well as the "dvipdfm", "ebb", "extracbb" commands) do not work.


Expected results:

"xdvipdfmx" must exist in the file system


Additional info:

I have tried to remove the above broken links and to reinstall the package:
  1. cd /usr/bin
  2. sudo rm dvipdfm dvipdfmx ebb extractbb
  3. sudo dnf reinstall texlive-dvipdfmx
without any success: the third step recreates the above broken links.

Comment 1 Marco Guazzone 2018-12-11 20:25:43 UTC

To solve this issue, you need to install:
  texlive-xetex

Thanks to Jon Ingason (see discussion:
  https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WG27LAKHCBQC7OOZK4SYS2CAPFQF2HFN/

I am leaving this bug open since, in my opinion, package texlive-dvipdfmx should have as dependency the package texlive-xetex.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-12-13 18:45:37 UTC

texlive-base-20180414-30.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-f426779bb4

Comment 3 Tom "spot" Callaway 2018-12-14 14:06:40 UTC

*** Bug 1657754 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-12-16 04:22:17 UTC

texlive-base-20180414-30.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.