> % The system trees. These are the trees that are shared by all the users. > SYSTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFMAIN;$TEXMFDIST > > why is TEXMFVAR not included here? SYSTEXMF is only used by mktexnam to determine whether a "font source" comes from a "global" tree or from elsewhere. TEXMFVAR does not contain font sources, so there is no gain in adding it (it just makes mktexnam slower). Thomas