Hartmut Henkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Thomas Esser wrote: > >> The exciting new stuff this time are the new defaults for TEXMFCONFIG >> / TEXMFVAR which are in the users's home directories. > > this time i was rather shocked: things suddenly going into hidden > /root/.texmf... Then i re-read the announcement and tried texconfig in > my home directory, and it just works fine :-) Very nice concept! > >> but everything is clearly separated. I like it. > > yes it is.
Nevertheless, a clear warning when the user-specific texconfig is run by root seems appropriate: if people set up root-specific defaults for TeXing, chances are that they are doing something imprudent, intentionally or not. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
