Bug#65837: installing local .mf files

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 05:28:52PM +0200, Dan Christensen wrote:
> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.6-7
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> It would be great if the default configuration of tetex allowed you to
> just plop some .mf files into a directory in /usr/local and then have
> the pk files created as needed and added to the system font directories.  
> Could the set-up be altered to make this possible?  (Or is it already?)

Patch to /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf appended below; this would be very good
to apply ....  Also, maybe we should move /usr/local/lib/texmf to
/usr/local/share/texmf?  This will also require changing
tetex-base.postinst.  (If not, then the /usr/local/share/texmf should
be changed to /usr/local/lib/texmf in the patch below.)

> Also, is it intentional that when a user puts .mf files somewhere
> in his home directory, and alters MFINPUTS accordingly, the pk files
> that get created when xdvi is run are left in the same directory as
> the dvi file, instead of being added to the system directories?

Security feature.

   Julian

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--- /tmp/texmf.cnf.orig	Sun Jun 18 20:18:04 2000
+++ /tmp/texmf.cnf	Sun Jun 18 20:20:41 2000
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 TEXMFMAIN = /usr/share/texmf
 
 % A place for local additions to a "standard" texmf tree.  For example:
-%   TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/share/texmf.local
+TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf
 
 % If defined, teTeX's texconfig stores modifications here (instead of the
 % TEXMFMAIN tree).
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 % The braces are necessary.  If you set VARTEXMF, you also have to
 %   - list $VARTEXMF in the TEXMF definition;
 %   - make sure that $VARTEXMF precedes $TEXMFMAIN in the TEXMF definition.
-TEXMF = !!$TEXMFMAIN
+TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL}
 
 % The system trees.  These are the trees that are shared by all the users.
-SYSTEXMF = $TEXMF
+SYSTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFMAIN
 
 % Where generated fonts may be written.  This tree is used when the sources
 % were found in a system tree and either that tree wasn't writable, or the
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 %
 % Remove $VARTEXFONTS from TEXMFDBS if the VARTEXFONTS directory is below
 % one of the TEXMF directories (avoids overlapping ls-R files).
-TEXMFDBS = $TEXMF;$VARTEXFONTS
+TEXMFDBS = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFMAIN;$VARTEXFONTS
 
 % It may be convenient to define TEXMF like this:
 %   TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN,$HOME}