[xdvi-core] xdvik running mktekpk for fonts that already exist

[Van S. <van...@sb...>]

I recently upgraded from Scientific Linux 6.10 to Debian 10.4.

Now, when I run xdvik, it runs mktexpk for numerous files, then
concludes that the fonts already exist. Every time, for the same
document. That didn't used to happen.

   kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+57/600 --dpi 
   657 cmsy10
   mktexpk: /home/vsnyder/.texlive2016/texmf-
   var/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmsy10.657pk already exists.

I tried the default installed ones /usr/bin/xdvi (22.87.03) and
/usr/bin/xdvi-xaw (22.87.03), /usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/id86-
linux/xdvi (22.87.03), and xdvi-motif.bin from my own compilation
(22.84.16).

I found a thread about this at 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.text.tex/EwH0NxOSSCM/QUgZoNhafSQJ
, but the (slender) advice therein didn't solve the problem.

Any suggestions?