config for ps fonts

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Peter Flynn writes:
 > >  > missing somewhere: where does mktexpk look to see if it needs to run
 > >  > gsftopk or metafont?
 > > it reads config.ps, doesnt it?
 > 
 > You tell me :-) I have always assumed that it did.

I have no idea, I always use pdftex....

 > > are you sure its reading the same config.ps file which you expect? thats
 > > the likeliest explanation
 > 
 > I hope so. There ought to be only one of them installed by TL5...in
 > texmf/dvips/base I hope...

ah, now thats where you are wrong. look at your $VARTEXMF tree

sebastian