Description of problem: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config is a dead symlink (to {%_sysconfdir/texmf} or some such) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-base-2010-13.20101215.fc14.noarch How reproducible: Always? Steps to Reproduce: 1. Update texlive (perhaps some of the *-bin packages only?) 2. 3. Actual results: TeX totally hosed... $ pdflatex something.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2011/dev) restricted \write18 enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! Downgrading texlive-base-2010 to 13.20101102.fc14 and running "fmtutil-sys --all" as root has absolutely no effect. Reinstalling texlive-latex-* doesn't help either. Expected results: Additional info:
Thanks for reporting. I've notices Matthew Saltzman's post on texlive and other people also mailed me personally so I fixed it immediately after I spotted this. It should be fixed in texlive-base-20101217.