Here's a patch that fixes the problem. diff -r -u latex209-25.mar.1992-orig/debian/latex209-bin.postinst latex209-25.mar.1992/debian/latex209-bin.postinst --- latex209-25.mar.1992-orig/debian/latex209-bin.postinst 2007-09-27 12:22:30.000000000 +1000 +++ latex209-25.mar.1992/debian/latex209-bin.postinst 2007-09-27 12:22:58.000000000 +1000 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ UTIL=fmtutil fi target=$1 - formats=/var/lib/texmf/web2c + formats=/var/lib/texmf/web2c/tex echo "Make the format file of \`${target}'. This may take some time. ..." if ( ${UTIL} --byfmt ${target} 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ) ; then ${MT_MKTEXUPD=`kpsewhich --format='web2c files' mktexupd`} \
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