Created attachment 357068 [details] output of fmtutil-sys --all sysctl-fmt from texlive-core-2013 requires the config file /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex, which is delivered with texlive-basic-2013. Otherwise font generation fails (see log), rendering tex unusable
+ 27 Aug 2013; Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> texlive-core-2013.ebuild: + block pre-2013 texlive-basic, bug #482530 +