[tlbuild] tl release candidate rebuild

Angelo Graziosi angelo.graziosi at alice.it
Mon Jun 7 01:59:40 CEST 2010


Karl Berry wrote:
> Please rebuild.

When installing[1] a recent 'pretest' and also this RC1, I have noticed 
that a new directory '.texlive2010' is created in the HOME of 'root' 
user (i.e. who installs TL). This happens when installation executes

'making ConTeXt MkIV cache with luatools --generate, be patient...'

Since I never use TL as 'root', I would ask if this new directory is to 
be expected for TL2010.

Besides this, before say a week ago, I did not notice any 
'~/.texlive2010', for 'root'. NOR a '~/.texlive2008' or '~/.texlive2009' 
for previous versions of TL.

So, is this a new thing to be expected for the upcoming TL2010? and what 
does it happen for a 'not-root' user? Of course, the installation 
produces '~/.texlive2010' only for 'root'..

Sincerely, it sounds strange to me that a 'system wide' installation 
produces 'local' (per user) 'effects' like this '~/.texlive2010', which 
'by definition' is a 'personal directory' (as described by 'install-tl' 
script).

Ciao,
Angelo.

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[1] As '.../install-tl -custom-bin...'


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