also sprach Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow@taliesin.ca> [2003.02.21.0253 +0100]: > Since ls-R is likely created by /usr/bin/mktexlsr (which shouldn't be > setuid) and /usr/bin/mktexlsr is executed by cron as root from > /etc/cron.daily/tetex-bin I would assume that something in your > configuration includes your home directory. /etc/texmf/texmf.cnt references $HOME/texmf, but my configuration is in $HOME/etc/texmf. > What do you get when you run as root: > > kpsewhich --show-path=ls-R /root/etc/texmf/:/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/var/cache/fonts The first entry is because I use the same base variable set for root and my personal account. However, the only time when this would become an issue is if mktexlsr where run as a child of su -m, which it does not. Anyway, I've put a env > /tmp/env.out into /etc/cron.daily/tetex-bin to see if this is the bad boy. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and their mirrors are broken! Get my key here: http://people.debian.org/~madduck/gpg/330c4a75.asc
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