From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: new release (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 17:16:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44635543.4080704@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24343.159.46.248.233.1147350092.squirrel@mail.rna.nl>
Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> btw, doesn't gwtex set the TEXMFCNF env variable?
>>
>
> It does not get a useful value.
>
> TEXMFCNF is defined at compile-time and its setting in a texmf.cnf file is
> ignored for obvious reasons. The compiled-in version shows my compile
> environment which differs from the install environment on people's system.
>
> Try
> kpsewhich -expand-var=\$TEXMFCNF
> in a Terminal window.
>
> I had to do this if I wanted to make my TeX install relocatable and I had
> to make it relocatable to enable the option that people who do not have
> sysadmin privileges can install the TeX i-Package in their home directory
> and still work with it.
>
> In short: everything in TeX is relocatable at run time except the location
> of texmf.cnf.
>
but how then does it locate texmf.cnf, relative to the bin path of kpsewhich?
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-11 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-11 4:44 Gerben Wierda
2006-05-11 8:17 ` Hans Hagen
2006-05-11 12:21 ` Gerben Wierda
2006-05-11 15:16 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2006-05-11 20:22 ` Gerben Wierda
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