[tex-live] textlive seems to ignore top of home tree

[Taco Hoekwater]

Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
> 
> 
> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> and then continue to use its normal search mechanism.
>>
>> Unless I am missing something obvious, this should do
>> the trick:
>>
>> TEXMF =
>> $TEXMFHOME;{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST}
>>
> 
> Excellent :-)  Now in your opinion (and you have at least
> as much experience as any of us, and more than most),
> could this lead to an unacceptable performance hit ?

No, I don't think so. But it is not the best of ideas for various
other reasons, in that I agree with the other people that have
responded in opposition to a flat TEXMFHOME.

Best wishes,
Taco