<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Norbert,</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:53 AM Norbert Preining <<a href="mailto:preining@logic.at">preining@logic.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Ahh, and all I ask you if always done as root, right??? Just to make sure<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>yes, always as root, via 'su'. </div><div><br></div><div>'kpsewhich -debug -1 -all texmf.cnf' returns: </div><div>----------------------------------------------</div><div># kpsewhich -debug -1 -all texmf.cnf<br><br>kdebug:Search path for cnf files (from TEXMFCNF environment variable)<br>kdebug:  = /[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c<br>kdebug:  before expansion = /[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c:<br>kdebug:  application override path = (none)<br>kdebug:  application config file path = (none)<br>kdebug:  texmf.cnf path = (none)<br>kdebug:  compile-time path = {$SELFAUTOLOC,$SELFAUTOLOC/share/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTOLOC/share/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTOLOC/share/texmf/web2c,$SELFAUTOLOC/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTOLOC/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTOLOC/texmf/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTODIR/texmf/web2c,$SELFAUTOGRANDPARENT/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT,$SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-local/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-dist/web2c,$SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf/web2c}<br>kdebug:  environment variables = TEXMFCNF<br>kdebug:  default suffixes = .cnf<br>kdebug:  other suffixes = (none)<br>kdebug:  search only with suffix = 0<br>kdebug:  runtime generation program = (none)<br>kdebug:  runtime generation command = (none)<br>kdebug:  program enabled = 0<br>kdebug:  program enable level = 0<br>kdebug:  open files in binary mode = 0<br>kdebug:  numeric format value = 8<br>kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for texmf.cnf of type cnf (from TEXMFCNF environment variable)<br>kdebug:start search(xname=texmf.cnf, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=/[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c).<br>kdebug: path_search(file=texmf.cnf, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=/[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c)<br>kdebug:path element /[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c => /[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c/<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search(file=texmf.cnf, find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin => /usr/bin/<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search(file=texmf.cnf, find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = (nil)<br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/bin/texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr => /usr/<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search(file=texmf.cnf, find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = (nil)<br>kdebug:path element /usr/share/texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c => /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search(file=texmf.cnf, find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:path element /usr/share/texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/texmf-dist/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element /usr/texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:path element / => /<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search(file=texmf.cnf, find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = (nil)<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /share/texmf-local/web2c =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf-dist/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /share/texmf-dist/web2c =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /share/texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-dist/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-dist/web2c =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf/web2c =><br>kdebug:Search path for ls-R files (from texmf.cnf)<br>kdebug:  = //texmf-local://texmf-config://texmf-var://texmf-dist<br>kdebug:  before expansion = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFDIST}<br>kdebug:  application override path = (none)<br>kdebug:  application config file path = (none)<br>kdebug:  texmf.cnf path = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFDIST}<br>kdebug:  compile-time path = /nonesuch<br>kdebug:  environment variables = TEXMFDBS<br>kdebug:  default suffixes = ls-R ls-r<br>kdebug:  other suffixes = (none)<br>kdebug:  search only with suffix = 0<br>kdebug:  runtime generation program = (none)<br>kdebug:  runtime generation command = (none)<br>kdebug:  program enabled = 0<br>kdebug:  program enable level = 0<br>kdebug:  open files in binary mode = 0<br>kdebug:  numeric format value = 9<br>kdebug:start generic search(files=[ls-r ls-R], must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=//texmf-local://texmf-config://texmf-var://texmf-dist)<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-local =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-config) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-config =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-var) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-var =><br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-dist) => 0<br>kdebug:path element /texmf-dist =><br>kdebug:returning from generic search([ls-r ls-R]) =>kdebug:variable: TEXMFLOG = (nil)<br><br>kdebug:start search(xname=aliases, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=//texmf-local://texmf-config://texmf-var://texmf-dist).<br>kdebug: path_search(file=aliases, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=//texmf-local://texmf-config://texmf-var://texmf-dist)<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-config) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-var) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-dist) => 0<br>kdebug:returning from search(aliases) =><br>kdebug:variable: try_std_extension_first = t<br>kdebug:start generic search(files=[texmf.cnf], must_exist=0, find_all=1, path=/[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c)<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=yes)<br>kdebug:   casefold_readable_file(texmf.cnf) in /usr/bin => (nil)<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=yes)<br>kdebug:   casefold_readable_file(texmf.cnf) in /usr => (nil)<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=no)<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:variable: texmf_casefold_search = 1<br>kdebug:  dir_list_search_list(files=[texmf.cnf], find_all=1, casefold=yes)<br>kdebug:   casefold_readable_file(texmf.cnf) in / => (nil)<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf-dist/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//share/texmf/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-local/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf-dist/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:kpse_normalize_path (//texmf/web2c) => 0<br>kdebug:returning from generic search([texmf.cnf]) => /[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf<br>/[$HOME]/tex-local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf<br>/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf<br></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------</div><div>does that help clarify anything?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>A</div></div></div>