Attached is a patch for unstable to avoid this in the future...
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Kees Cook @debian.org
Description: allow tetex-bin to be installable after 5 years.
Ubuntu: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/384904
Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=531569
Patch:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=56;filename=patch-5yr-old;att=1;bug=531569
Index: texlive-base-2007.dfsg.2/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
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--- texlive-base-2007.dfsg.2.orig/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
2009-06-08 12:34:06.000000000 -0700
+++ texlive-base-2007.dfsg.2/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
2009-06-08 12:34:24.000000000 -0700
@@ -532,17 +532,17 @@
\expandafter\reser...@a\fmtversion\@nil
\ifnum\count@>65
\typeout{^^J%
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^^J%
-! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file^^J%
-! That is more than five years old.^^J%
-!^^J%
-! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format^^J%
-! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files^^J%
-! before continuing to build LaTeX.^^J%
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^^J%
++=================================================================^^J%
+| You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file^^J%
+| That is more than five years old.^^J%
+|^^J%
+| If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format^^J%
+| will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files^^J%
+| before continuing to build LaTeX.^^J%
++=================================================================^^J%
}
- \errhelp{To avoid this error message, obtain new LaTeX sources.}
- \errmessage{LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
+ \typeout{To avoid this error message, obtain new LaTeX sources.}
+ \typeout{LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
\fi
\let\reser...@a\relax
\fi
