I summarized this small discussion in the wiki as I also made a systemwide 
installation (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Cache)



Nicola wrote:

> In article
> <aanlktim8p_nsu=qf8r9ojvbd=bpzitwd_baov+exh...@mail.gmail.com>,
>  Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>> The variable TEXMFCACHE is set in
>>     tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
>> and that one should do the job. Under usual circumstances at least.
>> 
>> If that one is not being respected, something might be wrong. Do you
>> have any other texmfcnf.lua file somewhere else?
> 
> No, I export TEXMFCACHE in my .profile, because I want the cache to be
> inside my home folder. After running setuptex, ConTeXt minimals uses
> that rather than the path specified in texmfcnf.lua. Since now I know
> that luatex-cache can be shared, for me this is perfectly fine. I just
> had to adjust the TeXShop engines (I am on Mac OS X) by explicitly
> setting TEXMFCACHE for XeTeX and MKII, besides MKIV.
> 
> So, if I get it right, the value in texmfcnf.lua is used unless
> TEXMFCACHE is set.
> 
> Nicola
> 
> 
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