problem with kpsewhich on 2023 binary from 20240218

[Ken Moffat]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 02:51:21PM -0700, Karl Berry wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> 
>             export TEXMFCNF=/opt/texlive/20*/texmf-dist/web2c
> 
> There is no glob expansion in such assignments, hence the literal *.
> Try the same sort of ls -d you did above (or echo, or whatever).
> 
> The *shell* will glob the result of $TEXMFCNF, hence you see
> /opt/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/web2c from the cmdline (I imagine).
> kpsewhich is not a shell :).
> 
> If you quote the variable expansion, you'll see:
> 
> $ x=*
> $ echo "$x"
> *
> $ echo $x
> bin dead.letter mail ... etc.

Hi Karl,

many thanks.

ĸen
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