ConTeXt 2012.05.23 23:31; should enable loading built-in TEXMFCNF

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@26606 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

39 files changed, 1514 insertions, 352 deletions

diff --git a/Build/source/texk/texlive/context/mtxrun b/Build/source/texk/texlive/context/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Build/source/texk/texlive/context/mtxrun
+++ b/Build/source/texk/texlive/context/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/alpha-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/alpha-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/alpha-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/alpha-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/amd64-freebsd/mtxrun b/Master/bin/amd64-freebsd/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/amd64-freebsd/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/amd64-freebsd/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/amd64-kfreebsd/mtxrun b/Master/bin/amd64-kfreebsd/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/amd64-kfreebsd/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/amd64-kfreebsd/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/armel-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/armel-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/armel-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/armel-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-cygwin/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-cygwin/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-cygwin/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-cygwin/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-freebsd/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-freebsd/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-freebsd/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-freebsd/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-kfreebsd/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-kfreebsd/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-kfreebsd/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-kfreebsd/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-netbsd/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-netbsd/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-netbsd/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-netbsd/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/i386-solaris/mtxrun b/Master/bin/i386-solaris/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/i386-solaris/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/i386-solaris/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/mips-irix/mtxrun b/Master/bin/mips-irix/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/mips-irix/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/mips-irix/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/mipsel-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/mipsel-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/mipsel-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/mipsel-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/powerpc-aix/mtxrun b/Master/bin/powerpc-aix/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/powerpc-aix/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/powerpc-aix/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/powerpc-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/powerpc-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/powerpc-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/powerpc-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/sparc-solaris/mtxrun b/Master/bin/sparc-solaris/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/sparc-solaris/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/sparc-solaris/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/universal-darwin/mtxrun b/Master/bin/universal-darwin/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/universal-darwin/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/universal-darwin/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/win32/mtxrun.lua b/Master/bin/win32/mtxrun.lua
index a8bbca88534..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/win32/mtxrun.lua
+++ b/Master/bin/win32/mtxrun.lua
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,15 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15273,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/x86_64-darwin/mtxrun b/Master/bin/x86_64-darwin/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/x86_64-darwin/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/x86_64-darwin/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/x86_64-linux/mtxrun b/Master/bin/x86_64-linux/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/x86_64-linux/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/x86_64-linux/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/bin/x86_64-solaris/mtxrun b/Master/bin/x86_64-solaris/mtxrun
index e1783761afa..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/bin/x86_64-solaris/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/bin/x86_64-solaris/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,16 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-this_is_texlive = true
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15274,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua
index a8bbca88534..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,15 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15273,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
index a8bbca88534..e8f229572cc 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,15 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15273,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun
index a8bbca88534..e8f229572cc 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun
@@ -10749,6 +10749,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
@@ -10993,6 +11004,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -11003,6 +11024,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -11017,6 +11039,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -11024,11 +11049,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
@@ -12271,7 +12309,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -12294,15 +12332,14 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
 else
-    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = "{selfautoloc:,selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,/texmf{-local,}/web2c}"
 end
 
+resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. resolvers.luacnfspec
+
 -- which (as we want users to use the web2c path) be can be simplified to this:
 --
 -- if environment and environment.ownpath and string.find(environment.ownpath,"[\\/]texlive[\\/]") then
@@ -15273,7 +15310,17 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii
index ecf53b1ee72..6fec69ba09d 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
 %C details.
 
-\newcontextversion{2012.05.23 10:30}
+\newcontextversion{2012.05.23 23:31}
 
 %D This file is loaded at runtime, thereby providing an
 %D excellent place for hacks, patches, extensions and new
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv
index 69e335d3881..a1b22eb78cb 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
 %C details.
 
-\newcontextversion{2012.05.23 10:30}
+\newcontextversion{2012.05.23 23:31}
 
 %D This file is loaded at runtime, thereby providing an
 %D excellent place for hacks, patches, extensions and new
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.pdf
index c21b5038712..e9e731e57a3 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.png b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.png
index f879950840a..11ae2e330e0 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.png
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context-version.png
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkii b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkii
index 20b673e45d2..e38253f18fb 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkii
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkii
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %D your styles an modules.
 
 \edef\contextformat {\jobname}
-\edef\contextversion{2012.05.23 10:30}
+\edef\contextversion{2012.05.23 23:31}
 
 %D For those who want to use this:
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkiv b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkiv
index 75a21fd65c9..28d2507916a 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkiv
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.mkiv
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 %D up and the dependencies are more consistent.
 
 \edef\contextformat {\jobname}
-\edef\contextversion{2012.05.23 10:30}
+\edef\contextversion{2012.05.23 23:31}
 
 %D For those who want to use this:
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
index 52368f8a82e..1e323728c86 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-exp.lua
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ local function f_second(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+-- local function f_both(a,b)
+--     local t, n = { }, 0
+--     for sb in gmatch(b,"[^,]+") do              -- and not sa
+--         for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do          --         sb
+--             n = n + 1 ; t[n] = sa .. sb
+--         end
+--     end
+--     return concat(t,",")
+-- end
+
 local function f_both(a,b)
     local t, n = { }, 0
     for sa in gmatch(a,"[^,]+") do
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ local function f_both(a,b)
     return concat(t,",")
 end
 
+
 local left  = P("{")
 local right = P("}")
 local var   = P((1 - S("{}" ))^0)
@@ -66,6 +77,9 @@ local l_rest   = Cs( ( left * var * (left/"") * var * (right/"") * var * right
 local stripper_1 = lpeg.stripper ("{}@")
 local replacer_1 = lpeg.replacer { { ",}", ",@}" }, { "{,", "{@," }, }
 
+-- old  {a,b}{c,d} => ac ad bc bd
+-- new  {a,b}{c,d} => ac bc ad bd
+
 local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpegging it (nice exercise).
     if trace_expansions then
         report_expansions("expanding variable '%s'",str)
@@ -73,11 +87,24 @@ local function splitpathexpr(str, newlist, validate) -- I couldn't resist lpeggi
     local t, ok, done = newlist or { }, false, false
     local n = #t
     str = lpegmatch(replacer_1,str)
-    repeat local old = str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_first, str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_second,str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str) until old == str
-        repeat local old = str ; str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str) until old == str
+    repeat
+        local old = str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_first, str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_second,str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_both,  str)
+        until old == str
+        repeat
+            local old = str
+            str = lpegmatch(l_rest,  str)
+        until old == str
     until old == str -- or not find(str,"{")
     str = lpegmatch(stripper_1,str)
     if validate then
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
index 16fbb8e25a4..2c263aada22 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-ini.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ local resolvers = resolvers
 texconfig.kpse_init    = false
 texconfig.shell_escape = 't'
 
+if kpse and kpse.default_texmfcnf then
+    local default_texmfcnf = kpse.default_texmfcnf()
+    -- looks more like context:
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOLOC","selfautoloc:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTODIR","selfautodir:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$SELFAUTOPARENT","selfautoparent:")
+    default_texmfcnf = gsub(default_texmfcnf,"$HOME","home:")
+    --
+    environment.default_texmfcnf = default_texmfcnf
+end
+
 kpse = { original = kpse }
 
 setmetatable(kpse, {
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
index 048a26f0d1d..b1dedfae389 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-lst.lua
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ function resolvers.listers.configurations(report)
     local configurations = resolvers.instance.specification
     local report = report or texio.write_nl
     for i=1,#configurations do
-        report(resolvers.resolve(configurations[i]))
+        report(format("file : %s",resolvers.resolve(configurations[i])))
+    end
+    report("")
+    local list = resolvers.expandedpathfromlist(resolvers.splitpath(resolvers.luacnfspec))
+    for i=1,#list do
+        local li = resolvers.resolve(list[i])
+        if lfs.isdir(li) then
+            report(format("path - %s",li))
+        else
+            report(format("path + %s",li))
+        end
     end
 end
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-res.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
index 73f3cc337e7..335c44dc171 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/data-res.lua
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautoparent:{/texmf{-local,}{,/web2c}}'
 --
 -- which does not make texlive happy as there is a texmf-local tree one level up
--- (sigh), so we need this. (We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
+-- (sigh), so we need this. We can assume web2c as mkiv does not run on older
 -- texlives anyway.
 --
 -- texlive:
@@ -89,12 +89,19 @@ resolvers.luacnfstate   = "unknown"
 -- selfautoparent:texmf-context/web2c
 -- selfautoparent:texmf/web2c
 
-if this_is_texlive then
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = '{selfautodir:{/share,}/texmf-local/web2c,selfautoparent:{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}'
- -- resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:/texmf-local/web2c;selfautoparent:/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
+if environment.default_texmfcnf then
+    -- unfortunately we now have quite some overkill in the spec (not so nice on a network)
+    local luacnfspec = environment.default_texmfcnf
+    -- we also want to use this in the minimals / standalone
+    -- bu tit's too tricky as it can be an expanded spec
+    -- luacnfspec = gsub(luacnfspec,"%-local","-local,-context")
+    -- and we also need to support the home dir (for taco)
+    resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;' .. luacnfspec
+elseif this_is_texlive then
+    -- old, in case default_texmfcnf is not supported yet
     resolvers.luacnfspec = 'selfautodir:;selfautoparent:;{selfautodir:,selfautoparent:}{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c'
 else
+    -- the best for the minimals / standalone
     resolvers.luacnfspec = 'home:texmf/web2c;selfautoparent:texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'
 end
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
index a573b2ea563..2fbed7a151f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-files.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-lua.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-lua.pdf
index 68f152ca3d3..3eee265ed68 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-lua.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/status-lua.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/strc-des.mkvi b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/strc-des.mkvi
index f2943d0f983..29072fbc61d 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/strc-des.mkvi
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/strc-des.mkvi
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
 \unexpanded\def\strc_descriptions_nop_titled
   {\doifnextbgroupelse
-     {\strc_descriptions_nop_titled_yes_indeed}%
+     {\strc_descriptions_nop_titled_indeed}%
      {\setfalse\c_strc_constructions_title_state
       \strc_descriptions_nop_normal}}
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-fonts-merged.lua b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
index 94c92644085..b47e3299fa7 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-fonts-merged.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- merged file : luatex-fonts-merged.lua
 -- parent file : luatex-fonts.lua
--- merge date  : 05/23/12 10:30:18
+-- merge date  : 05/23/12 23:31:34
 
 do -- begin closure to overcome local limits and interference
 
diff --git a/Master/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua b/Master/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
index d3c5c0238c4..039426e9440 100644
--- a/Master/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
+++ b/Master/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ return {
 
     type    = "configuration",
     version = "1.1.0",
-    date    = "2012-05-14", -- or so
+    date    = "2012-05-24",
     time    = "12:12:12",
     comment = "ConTeXt MkIV configuration file",
     author  = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ return {
             -- entry. This makes the tex root relocatable.
 
             TEXMFOS         = "selfautodir:",
-            TEXMFSYSTEM     = "selfautoparent:$SELFAUTOSYSTEM",
             TEXMFMAIN       = "selfautoparent:texmf",
             TEXMFDIST       = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist",
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ return {
             -- We need texmfos for a few rare files but as I have a few more bin trees
             -- a hack is needed. Maybe other users also have texmf-platform-new trees.
 
-            TEXMF           = "{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST,!!$TEXMFSYSTEM}",
+            TEXMF           = "{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST}",
 
             TEXFONTMAPS     = ".;$TEXMF/fonts/data//;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{pdftex,dvips}//",
             ENCFONTS        = ".;$TEXMF/fonts/data//;$TEXMF/fonts/enc/{dvips,pdftex}//",