[tex-live] updmap(-sys) not working as expected

[Gregor Zimmermann]

Hi Norbert,

you are right, I used getnonfreefonts (non -sys) before that ...

Thanks for the explanation and sorry for the noise.

>> After using 'updmap' instead of 'updmap-sys' it worked. Shouldn't it be
>> the other way around?
> 
> You probably have already once created user specific files in 
> 	~/.texlive2009/texmf-var
> which is TEXMFVAR by calling updmap.
> 
> The call to updmap-sys changed the files in 
> 	c:/texlive/2009/texmf-var
> which is TEXMFSYSVAR.
> 
> TEXMFVAR takes precedence of TEXMFSYSVAR, so your local user files
> in
> 	~/.texlive2009/texmf-var
> will win.
> 
> If you use once updmap, you have to continue using it.
> 
> Oterwise, remove
> 	~/.texlive2009
> 
> On Windows
> 	~
> is
> 	%USERPROFILE%/
> 
> This is known and documented behaviour since teTeX 3.0 or even earlier,
> so about 10 years.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Norbert
>