3 files changed, 18 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/check-fmttriggers b/Master/tlpkg/bin/check-fmttriggers
index a696789d07d..ba1447c9f91 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/check-fmttriggers
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/check-fmttriggers
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 # then check that exactly those packages are listed as triggers in the
 #   corresponding tlpsrc files.
 
-my ($vc_id, $Master);
+my $vc_id = '$Id$';
+my $Master;
 
 BEGIN {
-  $vc_id = '$Id$';
   $^W = 1;
   (my $mydir = $0) =~ s,/[^/]*$,,;
   my $tlroot = "$mydir/../..";
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use TeXLive::TLUtils qw(info debug ddebug debug_hash tlwarn tldie);
 
 my $prg = TeXLive::TLUtils::basename($0);
 
+my $opt_fmtargs = "--all";
 my $opt_fmtdir = "/tmp/fmttriggers";
 my $opt_rerecord = 1;
 my $opt_help = 0;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ my $opt_version = 0;
 
 TeXLive::TLUtils::process_logging_options ();
 GetOptions (
+  "fmtargs=s"  => \$opt_fmtargs,
   "fmtdir"     => \$opt_fmtdir,
   "rerecord!"  => \$opt_rerecord,
   "version"    => \$opt_version,
@@ -90,10 +92,8 @@ sub run_fmtutil {
   
   # the output from fmtutil can be useful in debugging.
   my $logfile = "$outdir/fmtutil.log";
-  my $which = "--all";
-  #$which = "--byengine=tex";
-  my $cmd = "fmtutil --sys --recorder --strict --fmtdir=$outdir $which "
-             . ">$logfile 2>&1";
+  my $cmd = "fmtutil --sys --recorder --strict --fmtdir=$outdir "
+             . "$opt_fmtargs >$logfile 2>&1";
   &info ("Running $cmd\n");
   my $retval = system ($cmd);
   $retval >>= 8 if $retval > 0;
@@ -343,16 +343,22 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-check-fmt-triggers - check that all needed packages trigger format rebuilds
+check-fmttriggers - check that all needed packages trigger format rebuilds
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-check-fmt-trigger [I<option>]...
+check-fmttriggers [I<option>]...
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
 
+=item B<--fmtargs> I<str>
+
+Pass I<str> to C<fmtutil>, overriding C<--all>; e.g., for debugging you
+might want C<--fmtargs=--byfmt=tex> to build only C<tex.fmt>.  (Many
+inconsistencies with the TLPDB will be reported, naturally.)
+
 =item B<--fmtdir> I<dir>
 
 Rebuild formats in I<dir>; default C</tmp/fmttriggers>.  This directory
@@ -376,7 +382,9 @@ Display version information and exit.
 
 The standard options B<-q>, B<-v>, and B<-logfile>=I<file> are also
 accepted; see the C<process_logging_options> function in
-L<TeXLive::TLUtils> for details.
+L<TeXLive::TLUtils> for details.  In particular, with B<-v> or higher,
+the packages found to be needed for each I<engine.format> combination
+will be reported.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/ptex.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/ptex.tlpsrc
index 41a930ef30a..4f08b46bc6c 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/ptex.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/ptex.tlpsrc
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-depend tex
-depend latex
-depend hyph-utf8
-depend adobemapping
-depend ipaex
-depend japanese
-depend japanese-otf
-depend pbibtex-base
 depend ptex-base
 depend ptex-fonts
 
@@ -37,7 +29,7 @@ runpattern +!d texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyph-utf8/patterns/ptex
 
 docpattern +f texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mendex.*
 
-# pbibtex-base excludes:
+# pbibtex excludes:
 docpattern +!d texmf-dist/doc/ptex/pbibtex
 
 # ptex-base excludes:
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/uptex.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/uptex.tlpsrc
index 52642c5b4c0..021176805ed 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/uptex.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/uptex.tlpsrc
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-depend adobemapping
-depend convbkmk
-depend hyph-utf8
-depend ipaex
-depend japanese
-depend japanese-otf
-depend latex
-depend ptex
 depend uptex-base
 depend uptex-fonts