Bug#1858: kpathsea package does not install or maintain an ls-R database
Ian Jackson writes:
> > Matt Swift writes:
> >
> > # ensure proper permissions and ownership
> > chown --recursive root:texmf $DIRS
> > chmod --recursive ug=rwX,o=rX $DIRS
> Our packaging guidelines say that the things should be owned by
> root.root in general. Is there a good reason to use a new group ?
No, there is no reason the /usr/lib/texmf tree shouldn't be root:root.
The /usr/local/lib/texmf tree is (I assume) entirely up to the sysadmin.
I used to use the texmf group because TeX users needed write
permissions in /usr/lib/texmf/fonts to build fonts on the fly. Nils's
cleaner solution is to put newly built fonts in /var/spool/texmf.
Depending on the sysadmin's preferences, new fonts can eventually be
moved to the right places in (say) /usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts by hand
-- or I think there exist intelligent scripts to deduce the proper TeX
Directory Standard location from the font's filename. Such a script
might well one day be provided but not enabled on installation.
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