Date	Version	Status
2016-06-16	3.2pl41220	NG
2015-04-25	3.2pl36135	OK
2012-03-04	3.2	OK
2011-02-08	TeX Live r21270

• 2016/12/27 (with wip/ja-ptex installed) mktexfmt [WARNING]: inifile platex.ini for platex/eptex not found.
• list of files missing (52 files in config and base)
• 2017/02/16 More info in Japanese

To test, have following file

\documentclass{jarticle}
\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

and issue

platex test.tex

or with jarticle instead of jarticle

vm-netbsd# cat  /usr/pkgsrc/CVS/Tag
D2015.01.31.15.00.00

vm-netbsd# /usr/sbin/makedbm -u /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.byfile.db | grep jarticle
/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jarticle.cls tex-ptex-3.2
/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jarticle.sty tex-ptex-3.2

vm-netbsd# platex /home/makoto/test.tex
vm-netbsd# platex /home/makoto/test.tex
This is e-pTeX, Version 3.1415926-p3.4-110825-2.6 (utf8.euc) (Web2C 2013)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(/home/makoto/test.tex
pLaTeX2e <2006/11/10> (based on LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> patch level 0)
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, lo
aded.
(/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jarticle.cls
Document Class: jarticle 2006/06/27 v1.6 Standard pLaTeX class
(/usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/tex/platex/base/jsize10.clo)) (./test.aux) [1]
(./test.aux) )
Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 216 bytes).
Transcript written on test.log.

   68  /usr/sbin/pkg_delete '*'
   66  cd /packages-20161230/All/
   71  ls -lt tex-ptex-*
   73  /usr/sbin/pkg_add  tex-ptex

vm-netbsd# /usr/sbin/pkg_info -e tex-ptex 
tex-ptex-3.2pl41220

vm-netbsd# platex /home/makoto/test.tex 
This is e-pTeX, Version 3.14159265-p3.7-160201-2.6 (utf8.euc) (Web2C 2016) (preloaded format=platex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt platex.fmt
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf files (in precedence order):
mktexfmt:   /usr/pkg/etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt:   /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for writing changes:
mktexfmt:   /root/.texlive2016/texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt [INFO]: writing formats under /root/.texlive2016/texmf-var/web2c
mktexfmt [INFO]: --- remaking platex with eptex
mktexfmt [WARNING]: inifile platex.ini for platex/eptex not found.
mktexfmt [INFO]: Not selected formats: 8
mktexfmt [INFO]: Failed to build: 1 (eptex/platex)
mktexfmt [INFO]: Total formats: 9
mktexfmt [INFO]: exiting with status 0
I can't find the format file `platex.fmt'!

CF-N10@makoto 08:21:43/170325(..print/tex-ptex)% cvs log Makefile|&  grep  -i update | grep tex-ptex
 Updated print/tex-ptex to 3.2pl41220
Update tex-ptex{,-doc} to 3.2pl36135
Update tex-ptex{,-doc} to 3.2.
Update tex-ptex{,-doc} to TeX Live r21270.