diff -U0 texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog.than texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
--- texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog.than	2017-03-07 17:36:09.052243607 +0100
+++ texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog	2017-03-07 17:36:55.525484239 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+2016-11-30  Karl Berry  <karl@ks.tug.org>
+
+	* texmf.cnf (shell_escape_commands): remove mpost, due to
+	the -tex option. Oops! Report from Bruno Le Floch.
+
diff -up texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf.than texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
--- texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf.than	2017-03-07 17:37:14.160778751 +0100
+++ texlive-2016/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf	2017-03-07 17:37:39.688812317 +0100
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ extractbb,\
 gregorio,\
 kpsewhich,\
 makeindex,\
-mpost,\
 repstopdf,\
 
 % we'd like to allow: