[including #350992 again that I had removed previously by accident] On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 18:36 +0100, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Son, 19 Feb 2006, Ralf Stubner wrote: > > Indeed it looks as if the mktex* in TEXMFMAIN/web2c as well as their > > configuration files mktex*.opt are explicitly searched in TEXMFMAIN. > > Therefore I would suggest to keep them there. The same for tcfmgr and > > related files in TEXMFMAIN/texconfig. > > Good, can we create a list?
Ok, files in tetex-bin that I would suggest to keep in TEXMFMAIN: mktex*: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.opt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexdir.opt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam.opt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexupd tcfmgr: /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/g/generic /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/v/vt100 /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/x/xterm /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/README /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/generic /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map pool files: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/omega.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/aleph.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfxtex.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/tex.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mp.pool /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex-pl.pool According to your list, texlive has no pdfxtex.pool (and probably no pdfxtex binary), but the rest is the same. The problem here is, of course, what Frank remarked in #350992. The TeX Policy says that all files should go to TEXMFDIST (we can change that if we want) and the mktex*opt files are sort of configuration files. However, those are explicitly searched in TEXMFMAIN, hence one can't shadow them without significant changes to to the mktex* scripts (and probably tcfmgr and other files). Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. > > > See attached list. > > > > I think most of these files could go to TEXMFDIST. The exceptions are > > mktex* et al. and tcfmgr et al. The pool files are a corner case where > > one can argue for both TEXMFMAIN and TEMXFDIST. I would prefer to keep > > them in TEXMFMAIN, though. > > Good idea, who is replacing the binaries really also has to replace the > pool files. They should not be overrideable. If we decide to keep pool files in TEXMFMAIN, this requirement should be documented in the TeX Policy. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
