Hans Hagen wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> 
>> So /home/adityam/texmf/tex/// tree is there, and it seems that kpsewhich 
>> finds
>> the file by brute-force search of that tree (there is no ls-R file in
>> TEXMFHOME).
> 
> sounds pretty slow to me, if that's a large tree

It should not be a large tree, just for your own private fonts
and macros and maybe images.

That it does not need mktexlsr there is a good thing for almost
all ordinary tex users. It means you can put (and remove) stuff
in your home tree without having to worry about running mktexlsr.

Best wishes,
Taco

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