Hello Luigi,
you asked:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM Rainer J.H. Brandt via ntg-context <
> ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>
> > Dear experts,
> >
> > I want to use ConTeXt MkIV as supplied by TeXlive 2021.
> > After installation, I ran "mtxrun --generate".
> > I also tried "context --generate".
> > Both create output in the wrong place.
> >
> > The TeXlive documentation says that ConTeXt uses TEXMFCACHE,
> > which uses the default $TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR in my texmf.cnf.
> > My TEXMFSYSVAR is /var/opt/texlive, but ConTeXt doesn't use it.
> > Instead, it creates /opt/texmf-var and creates its output there.
> > I don't understand why it used that path; I've never used or configured
> > it.
> >
> > How can I convice ConTeXt to use TEXMFSYSVAR?
> > [...]
>
> What does
> $> tlmgr conf
> say ?
The output is appended below and looks reasonable. In particular, it shows
that I installed under /opt/local/share/texlive and doesn't mention the
"mtxrun --generate" output path /opt/texmf-var at all.
Please note that I don't use tlmgr and also that I didn't use the TeX Live
installer. I built the binaries from their sources and then installed
the rest from the texmf archive file. I use other engines on a daily basis,
mostly pdflatex, and they work flawlessly.
Thanks, Rainer
=========================== version information ==========================
tlmgr revision 57970 (2021-02-27 15:17:34 +0100)
tlmgr using installation: /opt
==================== executables found by searching PATH =================
PATH:
/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/sbin:/Users/rjhb/doc/cvs/rjhb/perl5/bin:.:/Applications/Qt/current/clang_64/bin:/usr/X11/bin
dvipdfmx: /opt/local/bin/dvipdfmx
dvips: /opt/local/bin/dvips
fmtutil: /opt/local/bin/fmtutil
kpsewhich: /opt/local/bin/kpsewhich
luatex: /opt/local/bin/luatex
mktexpk: /opt/local/bin/mktexpk
pdftex: /opt/local/bin/pdftex
tex: /opt/local/bin/tex
tlmgr: /opt/local/bin/tlmgr
updmap: /opt/local/bin/updmap
xetex: /opt/local/bin/xetex
=========================== active config files ==========================
config.ps: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/config/config.ps
fmtutil.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktex.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktex.cnf
pdftexconfig.tex:
/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex
texmf.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
updmap.cfg: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
============================= font map files =============================
kanjix.map:
/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap/kanjix.map
pdftex.map:
/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map
ps2pk.map:
/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/ps2pk.map
psfonts.map:
/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map
=========================== kpathsea variables ===========================
ENCFONTS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/enc//
SYSTEXMF=/var/opt/texlive:/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local:/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXCONFIG={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/dvips//
TEXFONTMAPS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/map/{kpsewhich,pdftex,dvips,}//
TEXMF={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
TEXMFCONFIG=/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf
TEXMFDBS={!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
TEXMFDIST=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFHOME=/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf
TEXMFLOCAL=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local
TEXMFMAIN=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config
TEXMFSYSVAR=/var/opt/texlive
TEXMFVAR=/Users/rjhb/var/texmf
TEXPSHEADERS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/{dvips,fonts/{enc,type1,type42,type3}}//
VARTEXFONTS=/Users/rjhb/var/texmf/fonts
WEB2C={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/web2c
==== kpathsea variables from environment only (ok if no output here) ====
TEXMFCNF=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c
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