Re: file fmutil
Greg Bennett <[email protected]>
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In /usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/web2c there is temmf.cnf (950 lines). One of its 'definitions' is TEXFMROOT = $SELFAUTOPARENT which I assume is OK. Otherwise (apart from fmutil) is TEXFMROOT (which seems to be causing the difficulty) used at all ? Greg Bennett On 2025-11-25 17:08, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2025, Greg Bennett wrote: >> /usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt: kpsewhich >> -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early. BEGIN failed--compilation > Wow!!! That is indeed strange. > > So what it does it runs > kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT > and checks the return value. > > In my case, and practically in all cases, the return value is 0 > (success): > > ❯ kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT > /home/norbert/tl/2025 > > ❯ echo $? > 0 > > Why this fails on your side, no idea. > > Can you try > kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT > and after that check the return value with > echo $? > ? > > Thanks > > Norbert > > -- > DI Dr Norbert Preining https://www.preining.info > arXiv / Cornell University + IFMGA Guide + TU Wien + TeX Live > GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13