Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> btw, doesn't gwtex set the TEXMFCNF env variable?
>>
>
> It does not get a useful value.
>
> TEXMFCNF is defined at compile-time and its setting in a texmf.cnf file is
> ignored for obvious reasons. The compiled-in version shows my compile
> environment which differs from the install environment on people's system.
>
> Try
> kpsewhich -expand-var=\$TEXMFCNF
> in a Terminal window.
>
> I had to do this if I wanted to make my TeX install relocatable and I had
> to make it relocatable to enable the option that people who do not have
> sysadmin privileges can install the TeX i-Package in their home directory
> and still work with it.
>
> In short: everything in TeX is relocatable at run time except the location
> of texmf.cnf.
>
but how then does it locate texmf.cnf, relative to the bin path of kpsewhich?
Hans
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