Re: 2.99.4 with non writeable local TeX dir

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 02:26:30PM +0100, Willi Burmeister wrote:
> I tried 2.99.4 today and a got this error:

The planned new scripts (texconfig, updmap, fmtutil) will only write to
$TEXMFCONFIG (configuration stuff) resp. $VARTEXMF (generated runtime
files such as formats, map files). The default for these will be
the same as $TEXMFMAIN, but any user / administrator will be able
to change this (texmf.cnf file or envvar).

The benefits of this will be:
  - $TEXMFDIST, $TEXMFLOCAL and $HOMETEXMF will not be touched (unless
    explicitly requested, e.g. by setting TEXMFCONFIG=$HOMETEXMF)
  - non-admin users can use texconfig (after setting TEXMFCONFIG and
    VARTEXMF envvars), updmap and fmtutil

The new texconfig will no longer generate any files on startup
(e.g. missing format files) or generate copies of config files.

Thomas