[tex-live] TeX Live texmf.cnf vs. texmf.in

Karl Berry karl at freefriends.org
Sun Oct 17 18:04:41 CEST 2004


In looking at the source.development/.../texmf.in vs. the
Master/.../texmf.cnf, the main difference is apparently the use of
$progname in TEXINPUTS:

texmf.in:  TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex/{$progname,generic,}//
texmf.cnf: TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex/{generic,}//

And consequent major reduction in the path settings.

I'm a little scared to make that change in texmf.cnf now, but maybe I
shouldn't be.

In general, it seems like it would be nice to autogenerate the Web2c
texmf.cnf from teTeX, to avoid drift.  It doesn't seem impossible.  Oh
well, maybe another year.

Thanks,
k



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