the pdfelatex doesn't work in tetex-3.0_p1-r3. steps to reproduce: 1.~ $ pdfelatex test.tex (no matter what is the content of the tex file) output: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdfelatex.fmt fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `pdfelatex.fmt'!
forgot to state i have a AMD 64 machine. this problem doesn't occur in the stable versions (as expected)
Can you please post the output of ls /var/lib/texmf/web2c and check that you have a /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf (that should be a link to /etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf.
Closing as NEEDINFO, feel free to reopen with the requested information.
$ls /var/lib/texmf/web2c aleph.fmt etex.log mf.log mptopdf.log pdftex.fmt aleph.log etex.pool mf.pool omega.fmt pdftex.log aleph.pool fmtutil.cnf mktexdir omega.log tex.fmt amstex.fmt lambda.fmt mktexdir.opt omega.pool tex.log amstex.log lambda.log mktexnam pdfamstex.fmt texmf.cnf cont-en.fmt lamed.fmt mktexnam.opt pdfamstex.log tex.pool cont-en.log lamed.log mktex.opt pdfetex.fmt updmap.cfg elatex.fmt latex.fmt mktexupd pdfetex.log updmap.log elatex.log latex.log mpost.log pdfetex-pl.pool eplain.fmt metafun.log mpost.mem pdfetex.pool eplain.log metafun.mem mp.pool pdflatex.fmt etex.fmt mf.base mptopdf.fmt pdflatex.log fmtutil.cnf is a link to /etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
I managed to get pdfelatex working by running #texconfig-sys and in the formats section adding the line pdfelatex pdfelatex language.def -etex -translate-file=cp227.tcx pdfelatex.ini just under the line for pdfetex
(In reply to comment #5) > I managed to get pdfelatex working by running I don't understand why you need this, since 'pdflatex' is 'pdfelatex' atm. The .ini files are perfectly identic and I think that all the modern distribution of TeX needs to rely on eTeX as default.
removed from the tree, wontfix
