Willi Burmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The exciting new stuff this time are the new defaults for >> TEXMFCONFIG / TEXMFVAR which are in the users's home >> directories. So, the tools texconfig, fmtutil and updmap can be >> used by all users in a multi-user setup. For changing the global >> defaults, -sys variants of the above commands have been created >> (texconfig-sys, fmtutil-sys, updmap-sys). > > I like this feature, but what about calling -sys variants if the > main tree is writeable by the current user?
Why should one do that? If a particular user is maintaining the TeX tree, it is important that he has the ability to do maintainance both for himself as well as the system. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
