Bug#265611: tetex-extra and fmtutil

["Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@kinkhorst.com>]

I am experiencing the exact same problem as stated in the first message of this bug. It's present since version 2.0.2-17, getting exactly the same error message as reported above. I'm sure that I've never changed anything in the configuration of any tetex-package myself.

As for your question about the value of VARTEXMF in texmf.cnf, there's no such line; also in the /etc/texmf.d/ dir there isn't, except in the 05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist file (mind the dpkg-dist extension):

05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:VARTEXMF = /var/lib/texmf
05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOLDLOCAL,!!$VARTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
05TeXMF.cnf.dpkg-dist:SYSTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFOLDLOCAL;$VARTEXMF;$TEXMFMAIN

Your question about dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin just yields:
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: tetex-bin is broken or not fully installed

I hope this helps to trace down the problem, if you need any more info please let me know.

BTW is it just me, or does this BTS have an absolutely terrible interface? Displaying full headers of each message (???), no summary at the top or fields to change settings or add information etc. Are there any plans to change this?

Thanks for the package,
Thijs Kinkhorst