[tex-live] Re: [tex-k] kpathsea behavior

[Thomas Esser]

> Using TexLive7, i can look for tex.pool file saying
...
> setenv TEXFORMATS ~/newfmt:
...
> The file texmf.cnf says
>
> TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c
>  ...
> TEXPOOL = $TEXFORMATS

The search path for pool files is determined the following way:
  1) neither TEXPOOL nor TEXMFINI are set, thus using
       TEXPOOL=$TEXFORMATS
     from texmf.cnf
  2) TEXFORMATS envvar overwrites texmf.cnf setting thus expands
     to ~/newfmt:

The problematic thing is this
  TEXPOOL = $TEXFORMATS
in texmf.cnf. Make it
  TEXPOOL = .;$TEXMF/web2c
and the problem will disappear.

This should be fixed in TeX Live. Sebastian?

Thomas