> Can you please as root call > bash -x fmtutil-sys --byfmt latex > fmtutil.log 2>&1 > and send me the output of fmtutil.log (to the bug report please).
It's attached.
+ test -f /bin/ksh + test -z '' + unset RUNNING_KSH + test -f /bin/bsh + unset RUNNING_BSH + test -n '' + export PATH ++ kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFSYSVAR + v=/var/lib/texmf ++ kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFSYSCONFIG + c=/etc/texmf + TEXMFVAR=/var/lib/texmf + TEXMFCONFIG=/etc/texmf + RUNNING_AS_SYS=true + export TEXMFVAR TEXMFCONFIG RUNNING_AS_SYS + case $argv0 in + exec fmtutil --byfmt latex fmtutil: running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' ... This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/cp227.tcx) entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/config/latex.ini (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg) ./texsys.aux found \...@currdir set to: ./. Assuming \openin and \input have the same search path. Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser. catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2, parameters, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file ! That is more than five years old. ! ! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format ! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files ! before continuing to build LaTeX. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!. l.540 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} LaTeX2e <2003/12/01> hacks, control, par, spacing, files, font encodings, lengths, ==================================== Local config file fonttext.cfg used ==================================== (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fonttext.cfg (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fonttext.ltx === Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead === (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/omlenc.def) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ot1enc.def) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/omsenc.def) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/t1cmr.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ot1cmr.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ot1cmtt.fd))) ==================================== Local config file fontmath.cfg used ==================================== (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontmath.cfg (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/fontmath.ltx === Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead === (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/omlcmm.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/omscmsy.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ucmr.fd))) ==================================== Local config file preload.cfg used ===================================== (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/preload.cfg (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/preload.ltx)) page nos., x-ref, environments, center, verbatim, math definitions, boxes, title, sectioning, contents, floats, footnotes, index, bibliography, output, =========================================== Local configuration file hyphen.cfg used =========================================== (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/hyphen/ushyphmax.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/hyphen/dumyhyph.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/hyphen/zerohyph.tex)) ================================= Applying patch file ltpatch.ltx ================================= (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ltpatch.ltx) ) ) Beginning to dump on file latex.fmt (format=latex 2009.6.22) 4787 strings of total length 64524 44132 memory locations dumped; current usage is 144&42144 3235 multiletter control sequences \font\nullfont=nullfont \font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10 \font\tenln=line10 \font\tenlnw=linew10 \font\tencirc=lcircle10 \font\tencircw=lcirclew10 \font\OT1/cmr/m/n/5=cmr5 \font\OT1/cmr/m/n/7=cmr7 \font\OT1/cmr/m/n/10=cmr10 \font\OML/cmm/m/it/5=cmmi5 \font\OML/cmm/m/it/7=cmmi7 \font\OML/cmm/m/it/10=cmmi10 \font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/5=cmsy5 \font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/7=cmsy7 \font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/10=cmsy10 3633 words of font info for 14 preloaded fonts 28 hyphenation exceptions Hyphenation trie of length 9934 has 560 ops out of 35111 2 for language 2 377 for language 1 181 for language 0 No pages of output. Transcript written on latex.log. Warning: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' possibly failed. fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed. ############################################################################### fmtutil: Warning! Some warnings have been issued. Visit the log files in directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c for details. ############################################################################### This is a summary of all `warning' messages: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' possibly failed.