[tex-live] Texcapacity exceeded

[Pander]

On 2012-11-27 01:47, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> On 2012-11-26 at 15:43:08 -0700, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> 
>  > Thanks to Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kleine at gmx.net> for suggesting
>  > suitable additions to /usr/local/share/texlive/2012/texmf.cnf to
>  > handle large bibliography files:
>  > 
>  > 	main_memory = 5000000
>  > 	font_mem_size = 8000000
>  > 	hash_extra = 600000
>  > 	pool_size = 6250000
>  > 
>  > In years past, it was recommended that such changes be instead put in
>  > the texmf-local subdirectory so as not to be wiped out by possible
>  > future updates by tlmgr.  Presumably that is still true, but perhaps
>  > tlmgr developers on this list can best advise?
> 
> Dear Nelson,
> what Bernhard did is absolutely correct.  The search order is
> determined by kpathsea, not by tlmgr, and hasn't been changed for
> years (AFAIK).  TEXMFLOCAL usually contains macro packages and fonts,
> but not kpathsea config files.
> 
> It's probably a bit inconvenient if the settings don't survive a TeX
> Live upgrade.  On the other hand, the upper limits of memory spaces
> depend on the binaries provided by a particular TeX Live release and
> were increased over the years.  Hence, the values above probably don't
> work with older releases of TeX Live and it's best to have a separate
> config file for each release.  At least if you're running many TeX
> Live releases in parallel...

I have an /awesome/ 64-bit GNU/ Linux system with has as default:

$ grep 'main_memory = ' /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
main_memory = 3000000 % words of inimemory available; also applies to
inimf&mp
$ grep 'font_mem_size = ' /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
font_mem_size = 3000000
$ grep 'hash_extra = ' /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
hash_extra = 200000
$ grep 'pool_size = ' /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
pool_size = 3250000

However, I would like my TeX Live installation to use the maximum for my
system, especially regarding font memory.

Is what is suggested by Bernhard the maximum too for my kind of system?

Can this become an option in the installer? "Configure installation with
maximum memory range for this system?" Default would be "no".

> Anyway, I think that it's reasonable to copy and adapt the top-level
> texmf.cnf file when a new TeX Live is released; it happens once a
> year at most.
> 
> Kpathsea supports the environment variable TEXMFCNF which allows you
> to specify a path to your own texmf.cnf file.  IMO this variable
> should only be used by experts who exactly know what they're doing and
> who remember in five years what they did five years ago.  I usually
> recommend _not_ to set this variable whenever possible.
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard 
>