Bug#267664: tetex-bin: 'latex' command will not run due to broken config files.

[Benjamin Redelings I <bredelin@ucla.edu>]

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-19
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hello,
       When I run latex on a file, it will not even run because required
config files are not found.  Example:

$ latex joint_estimation_paper.tex
This is e-TeX, Version 3.14159-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.efmt
fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
I can't find the format file `latex.efmt'!

If I fun 'mktexfmt latex.efmt' manually, it gives the error:
$ mktexfmt latex.efmt
fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.

If I run mktexfmt with 'bash -x' (since it is a shell script) it seems
that the issues stems from the fact that the following command returns
no result:

$ kpsewhich '--format=web2c files' fmtutil.cnf
$

However, fmtutil.conf does exist, at this location:
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf

So, perhaps kpsewhich is messed up, or the mktexfmt script has not
noticed that files have moves to /var/lib/texmf ?

-BenRI

P.S I have marked this bug as grave, because it makes latex unusable on
my system.  If this is in fact NOT a problem for everybody, then please
forgive my exxageration.

P.P.S. Also, not that the version in testing (which was, I think.
tetex-bin v2.0.2-15) worked OK.  Also, tetex-base and tetex-extra were,
I think, revision -9 in testing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii  debconf                   1.4.32         Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils               2.8.4          Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  dpkg                      1.10.23        Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  ed                        0.2-20         The classic unix line editor
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                   1:3.5-0pre1    GCC support library
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libkpathsea3              2.0.2-19       path search library for teTeX (run
ii  libpaper1                 1.1.14-0.4     Library for handling paper charact
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.5.0-7      PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                1:3.3.4-9      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libt1-5                   5.0.2-3        Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii  libwww-ssl0 [libwww0]     5.4.0-9        The W3C-WWW library (SSL support)
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxaw7                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxmu6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxt6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  mime-support              3.28-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  perl                      5.8.4-2        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  sed                       4.1.1-2        The GNU sed stream editor
ii  tetex-base                2.0.2b-2       Basic library files of teTeX
ii  ucf                       1.08           Update Configuration File: preserv
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-5    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  tetex-bin/upd_map: true
  tetex-bin/cnf_name:
  tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
  tetex-bin/fmtutil-failed:
  tetex-bin/userperm: false
  tetex-bin/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/hyphen:
  tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
  tetex-bin/groupname: users
  tetex-bin/groupperm: true
  tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true