kpsewhich TEXMFROOT is not the correct value to use in our setup. --- a/texk/texlive/linked_scripts/texlive/updmap.pl 2021-01-21 11:15:02.314074252 +1100 +++ b/texk/texlive/linked_scripts/texlive/updmap.pl 2021-01-21 11:15:53.365456336 +1100 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ my $TEXMFROOT; BEGIN { $^W = 1; - $TEXMFROOT = `kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT`; + $TEXMFROOT = "/usr/share/texmf-dist"; if ($?) { die "$0: kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early.\n"; }