On 3/12/06, Frederic Baldit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Dimanche 12 Mars 2006 02:12, Frank Küster a écrit: > > Thomas Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> in /usr/share/texmf/web2c/ (in my debian installation). Is this new > > >> location in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/ due to the 3.0 version of teTex ? > > > > > > Don't ask me, ask debian people. > > > > It's been in TEXMFSYSVAR/VARTEXMF also in teTeX 2.0.2 in Debian, because > > other packages (jadetex, ptex, xmltex,...) have to add their format > > information to it. > OK. > As far as I understand, my teTeX installation is correct ( have done nothing > but installed the teTeX debian packages through apt-get). > My initial problem was that some makefile asked for kpsewhich to tell where > was fmtutil.cnf and got no answer. > Adding "--format='web2c files' " to the command fixed the problem. Now my > latex shareware extension seems properly installed. > > In fact I stay with my question : Yes or No , in a "normal" (i.e. basic, > without any customization) teTeX installation, should the kpsewhich command > be able to find the fmtutil.cnf file (initially located > in /var/lib/texmf/web2c) when runned from a user home directory ?? Said > differently, is it the "normal behaviour" to run kpsewhich with somme format > option to get the file's path ?
If the Makefile just had "kpsewhich fmtutil.cnf" it was wrong. That will "work" on some systems that mix different type files in the same tree, but in general people writing Makefiles should use the --format='...' to be sure the right trees are searched. Even if you know that it will work, it is courtesy to the reader to indicate the type of file as an aid to understanding what is intended. > Thank's for any answers and thank's to people that helped in solving this > problem. > F.B. > -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
