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flag=`ls /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*[^\.cnf$] 2> /dev/null | egrep -v
'(.dpkg-.*|~)$'`
of the debian/config (or debian/tetex-bin.config) file fails because
ls: /etc/texmf/texmf.d/*[^.cnf$]: No such file or directory
the package would install fine after a
$ sudo touch /etc/texmf/texmf.d/foo
sorry if this was already obvious to you, and thanks,
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Joris