<div dir="ltr"><div>To Ulrike:</div><div>1) Yes, I do have a ls-R file in texmf-local</div><div>2) Yes, it is successfully updated by mktexlsr</div><div><br></div><div>After a lot of messing around with folder permissions, I was able to solve the issue this way:</div><div>1) Move the texmf-local to another partition (I usually have a separate data partition on my laptop's hard drive)</div><div>2) Give full control of the folder to every user </div><div>3) Move texmf-local back under C:/texlive/</div><div><br></div><div>Now kpsewhich will successfully return the path to poliphd.sty if I run it as admin or as a normal user.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you again for helping me, and happy Easter!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Manuel</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 12:01 PM <<a href="mailto:tex-live-request@tug.org">tex-live-request@tug.org</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">Send tex-live mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Re: file random is missing (Philip Taylor)<br>
2. Re: file random is missing (Herbert Voss)<br>
3. Re: file random is missing (Karl Berry)<br>
4. Re: LaTeX compilers can't find files in texmf-local<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:17:12 +0100<br>
From: Philip Taylor <P.Taylor@Hellenic-Institute.Uk><br>
To: Br?al Fr?d?ric <<a href="mailto:breal.frederic@orange.fr" target="_blank">breal.frederic@orange.fr</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: file random is missing<br>
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Br?al Fr?d?ric wrote:<br>
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> Good evening,<br>
><br>
> The folder genmisc is missing.<br>
><br>
> Thanks and regards.<br>
><br>
> F Br?al<br>
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Earlier, Jonathan Spratte wrote :<br>
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> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I've installed TL2020 today and found that `genmisc` is not installed<br>
> though it used to be included in TeX Live.<br>
><br>
> Is there any particular reason for `genmisc` being removed or did this<br>
> happen on accident?<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Jonathan Spratte<br>
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to which Karl Berry responded :<br>
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> genmisc was a leftover from the beginning which combined many disparate<br>
> (generally single-file) packages. Before the 2020 release, I moved these<br>
> into their separate packages (or removed them, if they were<br>
> nonfree). One benefit is now that those tiny packages have the<br>
> description from their catalogue entries ... --best, karl.<br>
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/Philip Taylor/<br>
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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:23:21 +0200<br>
From: Herbert Voss <<a href="mailto:Herbert.Voss@fu-berlin.de" target="_blank">Herbert.Voss@fu-berlin.de</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: file random is missing<br>
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Am 11.04.20 um 19:41 schrieb Br?al Fr?d?ric:<br>
> Good evening,<br>
><br>
> The folder genmisc is missing.<br>
><br>
<br>
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,french]{article}<br>
\begin{filecontents}{random.tex}<br>
\endinput<br>
\end{filecontents}<br>
\usepackage{pst-labo,pstricks-add,lipsum}<br>
\usepackage{babel}<br>
\begin{document}<br>
\lipsum[3]<br>
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\pstTubeEssais<br>
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\end{document}<br>
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until it will be fixed<br>
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Herbert<br>
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:56:33 -0600<br>
From: Karl Berry <<a href="mailto:karl@freefriends.org" target="_blank">karl@freefriends.org</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:breal.frederic@orange.fr" target="_blank">breal.frederic@orange.fr</a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:tex-live@tug.org" target="_blank">tex-live@tug.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: file random is missing<br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:202004112156.03BLuX77002389@freefriends.org" target="_blank">202004112156.03BLuX77002389@freefriends.org</a>><br>
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Subject: file random is missing<br>
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I am awaiting confirmation from the author (Don Arseneau) that it is in<br>
the public domain so that the file can be updated. There is nothing in<br>
the file itself that says so, and the label on CTAN is, unfortunately,<br>
not sufficient.<br>
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The folder genmisc is missing.<br>
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All the files that were in genmisc are now either their own packages or<br>
(if nonfree) removed. --best, karl.<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:46:16 +0200<br>
From: Ulrike Fischer <<a href="mailto:news3@nililand.de" target="_blank">news3@nililand.de</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:tex-live@tug.org" target="_blank">tex-live@tug.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: LaTeX compilers can't find files in texmf-local<br>
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Am Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:18:41 +0200 schrieb Manuel Boni:<br>
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> Thank you very much for your support.<br>
> The .sty file is called poliphd.sty. Here are the steps to reproduce the<br>
> issue:<br>
> 1) put poliphd.sty inside C:/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/local/<br>
> 2) run mktexlsr (it will successfully complete its job)<br>
> 3) use the poliphd package inside a document and compile it<br>
> <br>
> here is the error I get<br>
> <br>
> ! LaTeX Error: File `poliphd.sty' not found.<br>
> <br>
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Do you have a ls-R file in texmf-local? Was it updated by the<br>
mktexlsr command? What do you get from <br>
kpsewhich poliphd.sty<br>
?<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Ulrike Fischer <br>
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