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Bug#504755: bug



Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch> wrote:

>> When I run 
>>     # texconfig init
>> the formats are generated  only for one actual user. I thing that I
>> run texconfig as root the formats are generated for all user. But when
>> I run texconfig ad root new formats are generated only for user root. I
>> must run texconfig for each user.

$ man texconfig
texconfig(1)         teTeX                         texconfig(1)

NAME
       texconfig - configures teTeX

       texconfig-sys - configures teTeX system-wide

[...]
DESCRIPTION
[...]
       For making system-wide changes, which will apply to all users of
       teTeX (for example, default paper size and so on), run
       texconfig-sys instead.  Changed or generated files will be placed
       in TEXMFSYSCONFIG.  (You may need ot be root to do this.)

$ zgrep -A15 "System-wide versus user-specific" /usr/share/doc/tex-common/TeX-on-Debian.txt.gz 
2.2.1. System-wide versus user-specific configuration
-----------------------------------------------------

     TeX Live supports a complete user-specific configuration setup in the
     user's home directory.  System administrators must use the commands
     `texconfig-sys', `fmtutil-sys' and `updmap-sys' which act on the
     system-wide configuration files.  Users can invoke their user
     counterparts `texconfig', `fmtutil' and `updmap'.  This will put
     copies of the system-wide configuration files into the user's
     <TEXMFCONFIG> directory (by default, `$HOME/.texmf-config'), modify
     them and generate according formats, if applicable.

     There is no such mechanism for `texmf.cnf'.  For a way to customize
     `texmf.cnf' as a user, see Section 2.4.4, `Per user configuration
     changes'.


Regards, Frank

-- 
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
ADFC Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg



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