Hello Luigi, you asked:
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM Rainer J.H. Brandt via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
Dear experts,
I want to use ConTeXt MkIV as supplied by TeXlive 2021. After installation, I ran "mtxrun --generate". I also tried "context --generate". Both create output in the wrong place.
The TeXlive documentation says that ConTeXt uses TEXMFCACHE, which uses the default $TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR in my texmf.cnf. My TEXMFSYSVAR is /var/opt/texlive, but ConTeXt doesn't use it. Instead, it creates /opt/texmf-var and creates its output there. I don't understand why it used that path; I've never used or configured it.
How can I convice ConTeXt to use TEXMFSYSVAR? [...]
What does $> tlmgr conf say ?
The output is appended below and looks reasonable. In particular, it shows that I installed under /opt/local/share/texlive and doesn't mention the "mtxrun --generate" output path /opt/texmf-var at all. Please note that I don't use tlmgr and also that I didn't use the TeX Live installer. I built the binaries from their sources and then installed the rest from the texmf archive file. I use other engines on a daily basis, mostly pdflatex, and they work flawlessly. Thanks, Rainer =========================== version information ========================== tlmgr revision 57970 (2021-02-27 15:17:34 +0100) tlmgr using installation: /opt ==================== executables found by searching PATH ================= PATH: /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/sbin:/Users/rjhb/doc/cvs/rjhb/perl5/bin:.:/Applications/Qt/current/clang_64/bin:/usr/X11/bin dvipdfmx: /opt/local/bin/dvipdfmx dvips: /opt/local/bin/dvips fmtutil: /opt/local/bin/fmtutil kpsewhich: /opt/local/bin/kpsewhich luatex: /opt/local/bin/luatex mktexpk: /opt/local/bin/mktexpk pdftex: /opt/local/bin/pdftex tex: /opt/local/bin/tex tlmgr: /opt/local/bin/tlmgr updmap: /opt/local/bin/updmap xetex: /opt/local/bin/xetex =========================== active config files ========================== config.ps: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/dvips/config/config.ps fmtutil.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf mktex.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktex.cnf pdftexconfig.tex: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex-ini-files/pdftexconfig.tex texmf.cnf: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf updmap.cfg: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg ============================= font map files ============================= kanjix.map: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap/kanjix.map pdftex.map: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map ps2pk.map: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/ps2pk.map psfonts.map: /opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map =========================== kpathsea variables =========================== ENCFONTS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/enc// SYSTEXMF=/var/opt/texlive:/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local:/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist TEXCONFIG={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/dvips// TEXFONTMAPS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/map/{kpsewhich,pdftex,dvips,}// TEXMF={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist} TEXMFCONFIG=/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf TEXMFDBS={!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist} TEXMFDIST=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist TEXMFHOME=/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf TEXMFLOCAL=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local TEXMFMAIN=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config TEXMFSYSVAR=/var/opt/texlive TEXMFVAR=/Users/rjhb/var/texmf TEXPSHEADERS=.:{{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/{dvips,fonts/{enc,type1,type42,type3}}// VARTEXFONTS=/Users/rjhb/var/texmf/fonts WEB2C={{}/Users/rjhb/etc/texmf,/Users/rjhb/var/texmf,/Users/rjhb/lib/texmf,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/var/opt/texlive,!!/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/web2c ==== kpathsea variables from environment only (ok if no output here) ==== TEXMFCNF=/opt/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c