On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:48 PM Rainer J.H. Brandt via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
luigi scarso via ntg-context writes:
> > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM Rainer J.H. Brandt via ntg-context <
> > > ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> 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.

I will check that.

But, as I said, my texmf.cnf sets TEXMFCACHE to $TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR,
and TEXMFSYSVAR is /var/opt/texlive.  Why is that ignored?

look at
 texmfcnf.lua

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luigi