Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Thomas Esser writes: > >>> Hmm. Maybe, in texmf.cnf, TEXMFVAR must be added to SYSTEXMF >> >> SYSTEXMF works for what it is good for: to decide if some font source >> comes from a system tree. > > Texmf.cnf says about SYSTEXMF > > % The system trees. These are the trees that are shared by all the users.
I also found this confusing. >> Don't list TEXMFVAR in SYSTEXMF. > > Why must TEXMFVAR (=/var/lib/texmf) > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2004-12-20 22:47 /var/lib/texmf > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2004-12-27 17:39 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/ > > a read-only tree for all users, not be part of SYSTEXMF? Maybe SYSTEXMF should be renamed to TEXMFSYSFONTS? > Why is this bad? It seemed to work, and it is what Debian does too. Hm, which version of teTeX in Debian do you mean? In 2.0.2, indeed TEXMFVAR is /var/lib/texmf, and SYSTEXMF includes it. My published experimental packages up to 2.99.9 do the same, too; but there is no TEXMFSYSVAR yet in these versions. For the 3.0 packages, neither TEXMFVAR nor TEXMFSYSVAR will be in TEXMFSYS. > Can you suggest a better variable to add TEXMFVAR to? TEXMF? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer