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texlive-binextra needed as dependency?

Description:

Attempted conversion of an eps file produced this error:

$ dvisvgm --eps somefile.eps
processing EPS file
warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
  WARNING: PostScript header file tex.pro not found
  WARNING: PostScript header file texps.pro not found
  WARNING: PostScript header file special.pro not found
  WARNING: PostScript header file color.pro not found
  PostScript error: undefined in TeXDict

I was able to resolve this by installing texlive-binextra. Might it need to be specified as a dependency?

Additional info:

  • package version(s):
dvisvgm 3.5-1
texlive-basic 2025.2-1
texlive-bin 2025.2-1
texlive-binextra 2025.2-1

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Install dvisvgm.
sudo pacman -Syu dvisvgm
  1. Attempt eps to svg conversion.
dvisvgm --eps somefile.eps
  1. If reproducible, it will fail with error.
  2. Install texlive-binextra:
sudo pacman -Syu --asdeps texlive-binextra
  1. Attempt eps to svg conversion again.
dvisvgm --eps somefile.eps
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