Re: change to TEXMF in tex-common
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 01:07:17PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote:
> Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> > There is one more problem with putting TEXMFSYSCONFIG = /etc/texmf:
> >
> > In TEXMF the TEXMFSYSCONFIG has a !!, this should be removed, otherwise
> > it will not work since there is no /etc/texmf/ls-R and it shouldn't be
> > there (or?). (I was bitten by this when playing around with different
> > settings).
>
> I think we should remove it, to be safe on installs. But if we add
> TEXMFSYSCONFIG to TEXMF (it is currently *not* included!), an ls-R file
> is created.
And if I recall correctly, the !! simply prevents a disk-search if
there's an ls-R file; if there's an ls-R file and no !!, the ls-R file
will be read and used, and if the file is not found, a disk search
will then be performed.
Julian
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