From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30796 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sanjoy Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: runMPgraphicstrue produces undefined figure Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:32:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4507B471.4000805@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158154365 8435 80.91.229.2 (13 Sep 2006 13:32:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Sep 13 15:32:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNUr2-00058H-Tk for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782C61FE12; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 14338-01-3; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2426A1FE08; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8C91FE08 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 14338-01-2 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id F313B1FDFF for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:32:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNUqi-0004Bw-5y; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:32:20 +0100 Original-Received: from sanjoy by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GNUqi-0005v1-00; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:32:20 +0100 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:34:09 +0200." <4507B471.4000805@wxs.nl> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30796 Archived-At: Hans Hagen wrote: > Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > > Actually, on my system (Ubuntu, a Debian derivative), changing the > > texmf.cnf file directly is not a good idea. Instead one should change > > the same line in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf and then run > > 'update-texmf' as root to generate the texmf.cnf file. > > > incredible (probably a copy of texmf.cnf in your local tree also works > ok; in that case: clean up the file a bit and things run faster too) Yeah, it's a pain but it does have one justificaiton. This texmf.cnf system is easy for computers to update, although not for people. The idea is that new tex-related packages add options by placing the options in a file in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ and then running update-texmf to combine the configlets into the One File to rule them all. The diversity of configuration systems and options across different tex installations is a big pain, makes it hard to create cross-platform software. -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.