Hi, > > 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.
We have a special user 'tex', created only to maintain our TeX tree. This is not a real user and so there is no need to maintain 'his' user profile. We have special user for many global software installations. This makes it possible to change maintainer without dependencies. Willi
