If I compare /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfconf.lua with its counterpart in Arch Linux, I found the differences in the following entries:
Gentoo: > TEXMFSYSVAR = "selfautoparent:texmf-var", > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:", > TEXMFDIST = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist", > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "selfautoparent:texmf-config", > Arch: > TEXMFSYSVAR = "/var/lib/texmf", > TEXMFOS = "selfautodir:share", > TEXMFDIST = "selfautodir:share/texmf-dist", > TEXMFSYSCONFIG = "/etc/texmf", > Changing the Gentoo file to its Arch equivalent fixes the issue after running "mtxrun --generate". There may actually be a reason why this configuration is different in Gentoo compared to Arch, but I haven't had the time yet to look into it further. On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 13:27, <myli...@posteo.de> wrote: > Hi, > > this is my first post to this mailinglist. I am no native speaker... > if something sound somehow ... I will try to give my best.... ;) > > > I am using GENTOO Linux, which compiles everything on the target > instead of pulling ready compiled, binary packages into the system. > > I did a fresh install of Texlive 2020 via the package-manager > "emerge". On Gentoo this is handled via a "virtual package", which > can be configured beforehand to include or exclude certain parts. > > I choose to get the HUGE package (incluing LaTeX, ConTeXt, plainTeX > and others). > > After the installation I tried to typeset examples of a LaTeX- and > a plain TeX document, which works out of the box. > > Then I tried a ConTeXt document and it fails: > > context somefile.tex > > gave me: > > mtxrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' > > . > > While searching the internet I found, that one has to run > > mtxrun --generate > > in advance. > > Doing so mtxrun starts to index my whole harddisk starting with > my $HOME, from which I started it. > > It reports A LOT of "confusing file"s.... > > I searched the installed TeXlive installation for context.lua > and mtx-context.lua -- they were installed and not "totally" missing. > > So I tried/guessed to run > > mtxrun --generate /usr/share/texmf-dist /usr/share/texlive-site > > and the file under $HOME were no longer indexed. > > context somefile.tex > > gave me the above mentioned error still, though. > > It "feels" like context does not respect setting made via > the configuration settings under /etc/texmf... > > So I "hacked" (really, it was a crude hack/idea...nothing > more) TEXMF and inserted > > export TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf-dist:/usr/share/texlive-site > > into my shells RC-file, restarted the shell and > > now > > context somefile.tex > > "worked"...: > > Each time it seems to re-index parts of ???, reports a lot > of "confusing file"s but creates a valid looking pdf. > > I think, the package setup provided by GENTOO has a problem > I want to help to fix that...but I have no clue, what the > real culprit is here... > > Setting TEXMF this way feels like a random and accidentally > working hack and I already feel the next problem raising up > at the horizon... > > Some additional problems: > > tlmgr does not work > > mtxrun partially does not find its own modules > > mtxrun --variables > > lists a LOT of unset environment variables > > ... > > It looks like some basic and fundamental "initial" environment > variable is missing. > > But I need a knowledgeable guru before I am able to get nearer > to the root of the culprit. > > Thank you very much in advance for any help offered! > > \cheers > Meino > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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