Bug#214824: tetex-bin: fails to install ("Could not find default config file for pdftex")

[Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org>]

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-4.3
Severity: serious

[...]
Setting up tetex-bin (2.0.2-4.3) ...
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf ... done
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ... done
/etc/texmf/updmap.cfg is no longer used and a file generated by /usr/sbin/updat\e-updmap
will be used from now on.  Old /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg will be reserved for your \reference.
Regenerating /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ... done
Running initex. This may take some time. ...
[ the tetex setup utility is started, and shows an error ]
dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

The error dialog reads:

  "Could not find default config file for pdftex (pdftex.cfg).

  The program will exit now."


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux aragorn 2.2.25 #1 Fri Jun 20 19:28:33 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii  debconf                    1.3.14        Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                2.5.5         Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  dpkg                       1.10.15       Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  ed                         0.2-20        The classic unix line editor
ii  libc6                      2.3.2-8       GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                    1:3.3.2-0pre5 GCC support library
ii  libkpathsea3               2.0.2-4.3     shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.5.0-4     PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++5                 1:3.3.2-0pre5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwww0                    5.4.0-9       The W3C WWW library
ii  libxaw7                    4.2.1-12.1    X Athena widget set library
ii  mime-support               3.23-1        MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  perl                       5.8.1-2       Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  t1lib1                     1.3.1-3       Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii  tetex-base                 2.0.2-4.2     Basic library files of teTeX
ii  xlibs                      4.2.1-12.1    X Window System client libraries
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.1.4-15    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
* tetex-bin/hyphen: french[=patois], ngerman[=naustrian-neue_Rechtschreibung]
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
  tetex-bin/userperm: false
  tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
  tetex-bin/cnf_name: 
  tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
  tetex-bin/upd_map: true
  tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true