[tex-live] biber in texmf.cnf

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:12:36 +0200 schrieb Arno Trautmann:

>> Because the biber people know how biber search for files and if it
>> actually needs/uses texmf.cnf.
> 
> Oh, sorry, my question was unclear. I meant the section about shell-escape:
> 
> shell_escape_commands = \
> bibtex,bibtex8,\
> kpsewhich,\
> makeindex,\
> repstopdf,\
> 
> So, it is allowed to start bibtex without --shell-escape, but not biber. 
> Now, is this a good question? ;)

Yes ;-). 


-- 
Ulrike Fischer