Quoting "Hans Hagen" :
-- was pragma@wxs.nl on Oct 15, 2005 at 01:54:28 --
Olivier wrote:
Actually, the file texmf.cnf should be located at /etc/texmf/ like all the config files for the tetex distrib (and I assume the /usr/share/texmf/web2c is just a link from there).
actually, moving all such files to etc is a bad idea; if etc really wants that file there (maybe under /etc/web2c), best make a symlink from there to the formal place tex tree; makes updating easier; a lot of effort goes into making the tex tree clean and self contained, so moving files outside the tree is a bad idea.
I understand some people may have different views. I was just trying to tell the way it is done in the Debian GNU/Linux system. There is a policy about TeX stuff location inside the system which is described in the Debian TeX policy here: http://people.debian.org/~frank/Debian-TeX-Policy This includes as you can read in the first paragraph on config: The central configuration file for TeX applications is /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf, the central font configuration file is /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg, the central language/hyphenation configuration /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat, and format generation is determinded by /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf. All four files are generated by configuration update programs from configuration files in subdirectories of /etc/texmf. That's how it is, and was'nt involved in the making of this policy :) The original poster was asking for the normal setting in his Debian system and I believe it is correct. Moreover, it is always a bad idea to move files provided by packages: I know you are providing a sync mechanism for conTeXt but you'll certainly understand that doing this for every set of program in a system is something a sysadmin does'nt want to go into, and I guess that's where packaging system originated ;) Cheers, Olivier