Bug#271464: tetex-bin: add a comment to the top of 95NonPath.cnf

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 01:09:11PM +0200, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
>...
> Hi *,

Hi Hilmar,

> > I maintain a backport of teTeX to Debian stable, and
> > Fulko van Westrenen <westrenen@fvw.cistron.nl> sent
> > me the following wish:
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> > 
> > Over the years I had some special requirements for the memory
> > allocation (e.g. installing fonts, musictex). Since I do that about
> > once every two years, every time I panic about how to make the
> > changes effective. Can you please consider to add the instructions
> > to the files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/
> > 
> > I added to 95NonPath.cnf:
> > %
> > %RUN fmtutil --all AFTER ANY CHANGE!!!
> > %
> > 
> > This line saves me about an hour and a some stress.
> > 
> > <--  snip  -->
> > 
> We'll think about that -- sounds reasonable. Could read eg.:
> 
> %
> %RUN fmtutil --all (and eventually update-texmf before that) AFTER ANY
> %CHANGE!!!
> %
>...

I'd also doubt that three exclamation marks and the upper case letters 
are really required, but the general idea of a comment at the top of the 
file sounds good.

cu
Adrian

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