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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Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
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