Re: Problem with kpsewhich on a new instal

Hi Paulo,

On Mon, 2026-05-18 at 17:55 -0700, Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:
> I should add that I am looking for a solution where TL would continue
> to work after a move of directories  -- WITHOUT -- having to change anything
> in TL, meaning, in a robust way.

Perhaps an easier option is to make it so that your $HOME doesn't move.
I know that you can't control where the system administrators put your
$HOME, but you can easily open a new shell in a namespace where your
$HOME is mounted wherever you want by running either of the following
commands:

    $ systemd-run --user -p PrivateUsers=true -p TemporaryFileSystem=/mnt/ -p BindPaths=$HOME:/mnt/some-username -p Environment=HOME=/mnt/some-username -p WorkingDirectory=/mnt/some-username --shell

    $ bwrap --dev-bind / / --tmpfs /mnt/ --ro-bind $HOME /mnt/some-username --setenv HOME /mnt/some-username --chdir /mnt/some-username $SHELL

You could even add one of those to your ".<shell>rc" file if you want to
automatically run that on startup. I'm not saying that this is the best
solution, but it's probably easier to fake-move your home than it is to
configure every single one of your installed programs to correctly look
up the directory every time.

Thanks,
-- Max