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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 11:49 AM Rainer J.H. Brandt via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
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
hm, my $> mtxrun --variables says resolvers | lists | TEXMFCACHE resolvers | lists | env: unset resolvers | lists | var: TEXMFCACHE resolvers | lists | exp: selfautoparent:texmf-var;home:.texlive2021/texmf-var and it's ok. So perhaps your selfautoparent it's not ok. -- luigi