On 1/19/2011 7:58 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Notes: > > 1. The texlive-20100722-texmf.tar.xz file is huge. I think it is > larger than anything else in BLFS by a factor of 4. I have no idea why > the latex documentation alone approaches 1G. The download (on a fairly > fast connection) took longer than the entire make.
I'm not sure it is fair to call the TeX Metafont package "documentation", unless of course, you actually traced all the files into docs, and if so I stand corrected. However, I also think the download is ridiculous. > 3. texconfig-sys font rw failed for me. > > /usr/bin/texconfig: line 257: > > I traced it down to the line `kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFMAIN` > returning //texmf That is a drag. Please try to see what happened. I put in the book what is in my build script (from a couple of months ago, as I wanted to give TeX Live a thorough checkout). Here is what I get when I issue the same command from different users on my system: rml@rmlinux: ~/build > kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFMAIN /usr/share/texmf rml@rmlinux: ~/build > sudo root@rmlinux: /home/rml/build > kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFMAIN /usr/share/texmf root@rmlinux: /home/rml/build > exit exit rml@rmlinux: ~/build > su - randy Password: randy@rmlinux: ~ > kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFMAIN /usr/share/texmf I just don't have a clue what to say. It must be worked out, however. Let me know what you find out. TIA. -- Randy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
