On May 11, 2006, at 17:16, Hans Hagen wrote: > 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?
The first texmnf.cnf it tries is indeed located that way: ../../texmf.cnf This is the only reason my precompiled TeX distro is relocatable. G _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
