Bug#659680: texlive-xetex: xelatex error: ``(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)"

[Matthew Bellis <matthew.bellis@gmail.com>]

Package: texlive-xetex
Version: 2009-15
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
      Using xelatex.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
      xelatex no longer compiles the simplets latex file.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
    The error message:

    This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
    (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)


   * What outcome did you expect instead?
    
      Standard latex compilation. 

      Error seems to be related to a zlib upgrade. 

      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3484935&group_id=194926&atid=951385


-- Package-specific info:
If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries 
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report. 


Please run your example with
	(pdf)latex -recorder ...
(or any other program that supports -recorder) and send us the generated
file with the extension .fls, it lists all the files loaded during
the run and can easily explain problems induced by outdated files in
your home directory.

Don't forget to also include minimal examples of other files that are 
needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps
to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!

If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at

http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english)

or 

http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)

##################################
minimal input file

\documentclass[]{article}

\begin{document}
Hello world!
\end{document}


##################################
other files

Output.fls file

PWD ***/example.tex
INPUT /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt


######################################
 List of ls-R files

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1217 Feb 12 21:44 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 360 Feb 12 21:25 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 25  2011 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Nov 13 16:41 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Nov 13 16:41 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
######################################
 Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 25  2011 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5113 Feb 12 21:44 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8850 Feb 12 21:44 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3110 Feb 12 21:44 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
 Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Jun 25  2011 mktex.cnf
######################################
 md5sums of texmf.d
3875bf0f4a53a29b7f247399dc9833e2  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
6e82a3d4c00ae7e4f86aa8dcf9438cf3  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
c60a084820a0b73e3bfbf2e90bda437c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
37329819f1109e8a457e64b8b58fecdb  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
402d5adb3864c09ed3cd80c0f2131361  /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages texlive-xetex depends on:
ii  dpkg                1.16.1.2
ii  tex-common          2.10
ii  texlive-base        2009-15
ii  texlive-binaries    2009-11
ii  texlive-common      2009-15
ii  texlive-latex-base  2009-15

Versions of packages texlive-xetex recommends:
ii  lmodern  2.004.1-3.1

texlive-xetex suggests no packages.

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.41
ii  dpkg                   1.16.1.2
ii  ucf                    3.0025+nmu2

Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii  debhelper  9.20120115

Versions of packages texlive-xetex is related to:
ii  tex-common        2.10
ii  texlive-binaries  2009-11

-- debconf information:
  tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
  tex-common/check_texmf_missing: