On 2011-04-12 Ernesto Posse <epo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm confused. my /etc/texmf.cnf file contains: > > TEXMFCACHE = /var/tex/cache > > and this directory exists but it is empty. Why is this being ignored?
What are the permissions of this directory? > If I don't have a user-specific environment variable with that name, > shouldn't the one from texmf.cnf be used? In the minimals distribution this is the case, I think the same goes for texlive. > > Furthermore, when I run > > kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFCACHE > > it shows that directory, MkIV doesn't use kpsewhich, but this shows that the value from your texmf.cnf is read. > but when I run texconfig, I don't know what texconfig is for. > TEXMFCACHE does not > appear under kpathsea variables. What is the problem? I don't use texlive, I can only speak for the minimals distribution. But you can try the following (as a normal user): 1) Create a cache directory somewhere 2) set TEXMFCACHE to this directory and export it 3) Run mtxrun --generate 4) Run context --make 5) Run context on a simple hello world file The generated formats should be placed in the new cache directory. > PS: I'm running context 2009.11.26-2, luatex 0.60.1-1build2, > texlive-luatex 2009-10 on ubuntu 10.10. If you have troubles or want a more up-to-date system you should consider installing the minimals. Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
