LaTeX compilers can't find files in texmf-local

Sun Apr 12 16:05:23 CEST 2020

To Ulrike:
1) Yes, I do have a ls-R file in texmf-local
2) Yes, it is successfully updated by mktexlsr

After a lot of messing around with folder permissions, I was able to solve
the issue this way:
1) Move the texmf-local to another partition (I usually have a separate
data partition on my laptop's hard drive)
2) Give full control of the folder to every user
3) Move texmf-local back under C:/texlive/

Now kpsewhich will successfully return the path to poliphd.sty if I run it
as admin or as a normal user.

Thank you again for helping me, and happy Easter!

Best,
Manuel

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 12:01 PM <tex-live-request at tug.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:17:12 +0100
> From: Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>
> To: Br?al Fr?d?ric <breal.frederic at orange.fr>
> Cc: tex-live at tug.org
> Subject: Re: file random is missing
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> Br?al Fr?d?ric wrote:
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> > Good evening,
> >
> > The folder genmisc is missing.
> >
> > Thanks and regards.
> >
> > F Br?al
>
> Earlier, Jonathan Spratte wrote :
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've installed TL2020 today and found that `genmisc` is not installed
> > though it used to be included in TeX Live.
> >
> > Is there any particular reason for `genmisc` being removed or did this
> > happen on accident?
> >
> > Best,
> > Jonathan Spratte
>
> to which Karl Berry responded :
>
> > genmisc was a leftover from the beginning which combined many disparate
> > (generally single-file) packages. Before the 2020 release, I moved these
> > into their separate packages (or removed them, if they were
> > nonfree). One benefit is now that those tiny packages have the
> > description from their catalogue entries ... --best, karl.
>
> /Philip Taylor/
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> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:23:21 +0200
> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de>
> To: Br?al Fr?d?ric <breal.frederic at orange.fr>
> Cc: TeXLive <tex-live at tug.org>
> Subject: Re: file random is missing
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> Am 11.04.20 um 19:41 schrieb Br?al Fr?d?ric:
> > Good evening,
> >
> > The folder genmisc is missing.
> >
>
> \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,french]{article}
> \begin{filecontents}{random.tex}
> \endinput
> \end{filecontents}
> \usepackage{pst-labo,pstricks-add,lipsum}
> \usepackage{babel}
> \begin{document}
> \lipsum[3]
>
> \pstTubeEssais
>
> \end{document}
>
>
> until it will be fixed
>
> Herbert
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:56:33 -0600
> From: Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org>
> To: breal.frederic at orange.fr
> Cc: tex-live at tug.org
> Subject: Re: file random is missing
> Message-ID: <202004112156.03BLuX77002389 at freefriends.org>
>
>     Subject: file random is missing
>
> I am awaiting confirmation from the author (Don Arseneau) that it is in
> the public domain so that the file can be updated. There is nothing in
> the file itself that says so, and the label on CTAN is, unfortunately,
> not sufficient.
>
>     The folder genmisc is missing.
>
> All the files that were in genmisc are now either their own packages or
> (if nonfree) removed. --best, karl.
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:46:16 +0200
> From: Ulrike Fischer <news3 at nililand.de>
> To: tex-live at tug.org
> Subject: Re: LaTeX compilers can't find files in texmf-local
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> Am Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:18:41 +0200 schrieb Manuel Boni:
>
> > Thank you very much for your support.
> > The .sty file is called poliphd.sty. Here are the steps to reproduce the
> > issue:
> > 1) put poliphd.sty inside C:/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/local/
> > 2) run mktexlsr (it will successfully complete its job)
> > 3) use the poliphd package inside a document and compile it
> >
> > here is the error I get
> >
> > ! LaTeX Error: File `poliphd.sty' not found.
> >
>
> Do you have a ls-R file in texmf-local? Was it updated by the
> mktexlsr command? What do you get from
>    kpsewhich poliphd.sty
> ?
>
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> https://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
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