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<p>Not a bug (I think), but a problem:</p>
<p>File searching in my TeX installation is very slow. I think the
ls-R files are not read / not used.</p>
<p>But I can't see why, I don't see what might have broken it, and I
don't see how I could fix that. Any help appreciated …<br>
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<p>Attached is the output of<br>
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<p> kpsewhich minimal.cls <br>
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<p>with<font size="+1"> <code>KPATHSEA_DEBUG set to -1</code></font></p>
<p>(a) "debug_kpsewhich_tl2021.txt" -- on my main machine, where the
problem occurs<br>
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<p>(b) "debug_kpsewhich_tl2019.txt" -- on my laptop (still running
MacTeX 2019), where the problem does not occur<br>
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<p>System information:<br>
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<p>MacTeX 2021, fresh install, fully updated.<br>
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<p>kpathsea version 6.3.3</p>
<p>uname -a<br>
Darwin Carpentin.local 20.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0: Thu
Jan 21 00:07:06 PST 2021; root:xnu-7195.81.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64
x86_64</p>
<p>iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) </p>
<p>3,6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9</p>
<p>macOS Big Sur 11.2.3</p>
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