Re: Changes to the Policy
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>> + <p>
>> + Note that other subdirectories of <file>/etc/texmf/</file>
>> + are not searched for TeX input files and can be used by
>> + packages for configuration files that are not TeX input
>> + files.
>> + </p>
>
> Probably it is better to state that /etc/texmf acts like a normal TDS
> tree, so local sysadmins should know where to put the files, and what is
> searched. You could put map files in ../fonts/map (which is not
> .../tex).
What about this:
- Note that other subdirectories of <file>/etc/texmf/</file>
- are not searched for TeX input files and can be used by
- packages for configuration files that are not TeX input
- files.
+ Note that <file>/etc/texmf/</file> is a usual TDS tree. Files
+ can be put into appropriate TDS-conforming subdirectories
+ (e.g. <file>/etc/texmf/fonts/map/</file>), but directories not
+ specified in TDS (or added Debian-specifically in
+ <package>tex-common</package>'s files in
+ <file>/etc/texmf/texmf.d/</file>) are generally not searched
+ for TeX input files and can be used by packages for
+ configuration files that are not TeX input files (e.g. the
+ files in subdirectories <file>fmt.d</file> or
+ <file>updmap.d</file>).
This also warns users to not put their files in arbitrary places.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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