Am Mon, 2002-03-04 um 00.31 schrieb Atsuhito Kohda: > From: Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de> > Subject: Re: Bug #92562, xmltex, & texmf.conf > Date: 02 Mar 2002 13:25:06 +0100 > > > > Yes, yes we should be concerned. We (teTeX) should provide > > > some mechanism to handle this kind of problem. > > > > > > For example, under the environment I proposed, > > > > Yes your are right. But until we have method for doing this, it is a bug > > in all the packages which write in texmf.conf. > > Yes, but how about my proposed method? We should > provide some mechanism in anyway. > > As far as I know, > > ptex-bin, jtex-bin, multex-bin and xmltex (at least) will > need to modify texmf.cnf > > ptex-jtex, jbibtex-bin and dvipsk-ja changed their packaging > at present (to avoid RC bug!) and don't modify texmf.cnf > but they are not in good situation. For example, ptex-jtex > forces a user to modify texmf.cnf after installation. > > There might be a few more packages which need to modify > texmf.cnf but I don't recognize them... Would you try an do a patch and submit it to the CVS? Then we can test it. If it works ok for tetex alone we should contact the maintainers of the other packages and tell them to think about the new sceme. What do you think? Christoph
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