On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 16:05 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Ralf Stubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One problem is that texmf.cnf is only searched along the compiled in > > TEXMFCNF (not TEXMFCONFIG). At least as long as it is not defined in the > > environment. So in order for the above to work, one would also need > > > > export TEXMFCNF=$HOME/.texmf-config/web2c: > > > > (the final colon includes the system wide default). > > --- doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml (Revision 1926) > +++ doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -546,11 +546,25 @@ > <p> > <prgn>update-texmf</prgn> is only available for root; if a > user wants to maintain their own <file>texmf.cnf</file>, > - they can put it into <tt><var>TEXMFCONFIG</var>/web2c</tt> and must > - manually edit it. Since all <file>texmf.cnf</file> files > - are read, with earlier definitions taking precedence over > - later ones, it is best to keep only a minimal set of > - definitions in the user-specific file. > + they can put it into <tt><var>TEXMFCONFIG</var>/web2c</tt> > + and must manually edit it. However, in order for it to be > + found, they need to set an environment > + variable > + <footnote> > + The reason for this is that the search > + path for <file>texmf.cnf</file>, which is the file that > + defines all search paths for later use, naturally cannot > + be specified in the file, but is fixed at compile > + time. > + </footnote>: > +<example> > +export TEXMFCNF=$HOME/.texmf-config/web2c: > +</example> > + The final colon includes the system wide default. Since > + all <file>texmf.cnf</file> files are read, with earlier > + definitions taking precedence over later ones, it is best > + to keep only a minimal set of definitions in the > + user-specific file. > </p>
ACK cheerio ralf PS: Thanks for writing this up. Only now I am sitting before my DEbian machine again.
