How to deal with configuration style warnings occuring from TexLive 2012 installation?

Question

I followed the advice of izx on how to install TexLive 2012 using the texlive-backports PPA. Before I started I removed all TexLive-related packages. The installation finished and everything seems to work fine. The only thing I noticed are some warnings in the output of the installer. Here is an excerpt of the output:

Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

There are more of that kind in the rest of the output:

$ sudo apt-get install texlive                                                                                                                                        
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  latex-beamer latex-xcolor libgraphite3 libkpathsea6 libptexenc1 lmodern pgf prosper ps2eps tex-common tex-gyre texlive-base texlive-binaries texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-extra-utils
  texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-recommended-doc
  texlive-pstricks texlive-pstricks-doc tipa ttf-marvosym
Suggested packages:
  texlive-doc-en purifyeps chktex latexmk dvipng xindy dvidvi fragmaster lacheck latexdiff t1utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  latex-beamer latex-xcolor libgraphite3 libkpathsea6 libptexenc1 lmodern pgf prosper ps2eps tex-common tex-gyre texlive texlive-base texlive-binaries texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-extra-utils
  texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-recommended-doc
  texlive-pstricks texlive-pstricks-doc tipa ttf-marvosym
0 upgraded, 29 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 450 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package tex-common.
(Reading database ... 290206 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tex-common (from .../tex-common_3.13~ubuntu12.04.1_all.deb) ...
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Unpacking lmodern (from .../lmodern_2.004.1-5~precise1_all.deb) ...
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Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 5 added doc-base files...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Setting up tex-common (3.13~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
texlive-base is not ready, delaying updmap-sys call
texlive-base is not ready, skipping fmtutil-sys --all call
Setting up lmodern (2.004.1-5~precise1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up tex-gyre (2.004.1-4~precise1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up libgraphite3 (1:2.3.1-0.2build1) ...
Setting up libkpathsea6 (2012.20120628-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
Setting up libptexenc1 (2012.20120628-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
Setting up texlive-common (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
Setting up texlive-binaries (2012.20120628-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw to provide /usr/bin/xdvi.bin (xdvi.bin) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bibtex.original to provide /usr/bin/bibtex (bibtex) in auto mode.
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Building format(s) --refresh.
    This may take some time... done.
Setting up texlive-doc-base (2012.20120611-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up ps2eps (1.68-1) ...
Setting up ttf-marvosym (0.1+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up texlive-fonts-recommended-doc (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-latex-base-doc (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-latex-recommended-doc (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-pstricks-doc (2012.20120611-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
texlive-base is not ready, delaying updmap-sys call
Setting up texlive-base (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4.


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all.
    This may take some time... done.
Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Setting up texlive-generic-recommended (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-fonts-recommended (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-extra-utils (2012.20120611-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-font-utils (2012.20120611-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-latex-base (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all --cnffile /etc/texmf/fmt.d/10texlive-latex-base.cnf.
    This may take some time... done.
Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Setting up texlive-pstricks (2012.20120611-1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up tipa (2:1.3-17~precise1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Setting up texlive-latex-recommended (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Setting up prosper (1.00.4+cvs.2007.05.01-4) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Setting up texlive (2012.20120611-3~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
Setting up latex-xcolor (2.11-1) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Setting up pgf (2.10-1) ...


Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Setting up latex-beamer (3.10-1) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

What exactly is 10lmodern.cfg good for? How can I prevent this warnings?

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Here is the output of sudo update-updmap:

$ sudo update-updmap
Regenerating '/var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN'... 

Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included, 
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg

done.
Regenerating '/var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-TEXLIVEDIST'... done.
update-updmap has updated the following file(s):
    /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
    /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-TEXLIVEDIST
If you want to enable the map files with this new file,
you should run updmap-sys or updmap.

Answer 1

Please have a look at the NEWS.Debian file. The following is from this file:

If you are using PostScript fonts that are not packaged for Debian, some changes have been done: updmap now reads all updmap.cfg files it finds. That means, the easiest way to activate local fonts (in TEXMFLOCAL) by putting the respective map lines into /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg, and call updmap-sys once (as root). If you have fonts in your home directory you want to activate, paralleling the above you put the respective map line into $HOME/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg and call updmap (as user). But be reminded that you have to do that everytime system fonts have changed (there is no automatic syncronization between user specific and system wide updmap(-sys) generated files).

In your case it should be sufficient to install the latest version of lmodern, which is 2.004.2-1 for Quantal. After that you run update-updmap and the warnung should disappear.