tetex-0.9-14 package does not build unless it or a recent predecessor is already installed, apparently due to the use of kpsewhich in the internal install phase. building the package puts the following files in their final locations. /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/jknappen /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/jknappen/sauter /usr/share/texmf/ls-R /usr/share/texmf/web2c /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.log /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base /usr/share/texmf/web2c/plain.base /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mpost.log /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mpost.mem /usr/share/texmf/web2c/plain.mem
Fixed in the devel tree