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Re: CVS cmc tetex-bin: Changed VARTEXFONTS to conform with FHS: was /var/spool/texmf, now /var/cache/texmf; modified debian/postinst to move directory if necessary. Closes #61627.



On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:16:57PM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmul.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: CVS cmc tetex-bin: Changed VARTEXFONTS to conform with FHS: was /var/spool/texmf, now /var/cache/texmf; modified debian/postinst to move directory if necessary.  Closes #61627.
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:10:40 +0100
> 
> > Unfortunately, it's messier than this.  The FHS specifies
> > /var/cache/fonts, not /var/cache/texmf.  And this directory may
> 
> Well, I'm absolutely ignorant on this issue but
> to use /var/cache/fonts/texmf is a bad idea?

Good question.  I guess my thought is: these fonts may not be
restricted to the use of texmf (unlikely as this is).  So having a
texmf subdirectory seems rather counterproductive.

   Julian

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