[mktexlsr] -treefile="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mktexlsrtrees$$.tmp" +treefile=`mktemp --tmpdir mktexlsrtrees.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1 I installed it (for the pretest, i.e., in the sources, not in current runtime). [texmf.cnf] TEX = etex +TEX.pmpost = eptex I installed that one too (in the sources). Thanks, K