TEXMFDBS and TEXMFHOME

[Norbert Preining]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2020, Christian Mondrup wrote:
> on TEXMFHOME 'in TEXMF not in TEXMFDBS, but has ls-R file'.

> So I checked the variable TEXMFDBS in
> <root>/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf and saw that my TEXMFHOME was
> not reflected. I'm a little surprised because I did specify my TEXMFHOME
> when I started installing texlive-2020.
> 
> Is that intentional?

Yes. In 99% you don't need an ls-R in TEXMFHOME, and shouldn't have one.
Best is to:
- remove the ls-R there
- reinstatiate the previous definition of TEXMFDBS

TEXMFHOME is stil searched.

Best

Norbert

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