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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