Bug#202081: tetex-extra: Regeneraters user's ls-R file as owned by root
On 19.07.03 Matijs van Zuijlen (Matijs.van.Zuijlen@xs4all.nl) wrote:
Hi,
> I have a texmf tree in $HOME/texmf. When tetex-extra (and tetex-doc) is
> updated, the ls-R files are regenerated, including $HOME/texmf/ls-R.
> However, the latter file is then owned by root.root.
>
> I would send settings in texmf.cnf, but it turns out I now have three of
> them, and I'm confused as to which one is actually used. However, they
> all include lines saying:
>
> HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf
> TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOLDLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
>
> Note that I run aptitude using sudo.
>
drachi:[hille] >sudo -H /usr/bin/mktexlsr
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.opt...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.local...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/spool/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
drachi:[hille] >sudo /usr/bin/mktexlsr
mktexlsr: Updating /home/hille/.texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.opt...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.local...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/spool/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
drachi:[hille] >echo $HOME
/home/hille
drachi:[hille] >
HOMETEXMF = $HOME/.texmf
TEXMF = {!!$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFOPT,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
Is that an option for you? Is it OK, if we just document that
anywhere?
H.
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