Re: [tex-k] Difficulties with texmfvar feature
Hi Thomas, Hi Karl,
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 11:44 +0200, Thomas Esser wrote:
> > better to use
> > ${MT_TEXMFVAR=`kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFVAR`}
> >
> > Looks sensible to me. Thomas?
>
> Ack. The texmfvar feature was invented by me and I also wrote the
> implementation that uses
> : ${MT_TEXMFVAR=`kpsewhich --expand-path='$TEXMFVAR'`}
>
> I think that I just was not aware of the fact that --expand-path expands
> to nothing if the target does not yet exist.
>
> The suggested fix looks just right.
Just to be precise: Are the two of you refering to the change
'--expand-path -> --var-value' only or also to the additional code in
the patch that tries to create TEXMFVAR if it does not exist? The first
change does not change a lot without the second. Thanks.
cheerio
ralf
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