Re: [Vladimir Volovich] tex-common: TEXMFCNF setting in 85Misc.cnf
On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 19:19 +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> From: Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vsu.ru>
> Subject: tex-common: TEXMFCNF setting in 85Misc.cnf
> To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>,
> Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>
> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:57:38 +0300
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> Hi Norbert and Frank,
>
> the file 85Misc.cnf from the tex-common package contains this entry:
>
> TEXMFCNF = $TETEXDIR;/usr/share/texmf/web2c;/usr/share/texmf/web2c
>
> first, there is a seemingly unneeded duplication of
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c
No idea where this duplication comes from.
> seconf, i suggest to add $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c (i.e. effectively
> $HOME/.texmf-config/web2c) at the beginning of the list, to allow user
> to override some defaults in his $HOME/.texmf-config/web2c/texmf.cnf:
>
> TEXMFCNF = $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c;$TETEXDIR;/usr/share/texmf/web2c
>
> would you please consider this change?
Unfortunately this will not work. The specification of TEXMFCNF in
texmf.cnf (and hence 85Misc.cnf) is for information only. Since this
path is used to actually search and (hopefully) find texmf.cnf, this
path has to be compiled into the binaries themself. Hence when
TEXMFNFCNF is used, TEXMFCONFIG is still unknown.
See also the comments concerning TECMFCNF just before its 'definition'
as well as section '2.4.3 Per user conguration changes' in the
TeX-on-Debian document in tex-common.
cheerio
ralf
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