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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2016-04-06 19:20:24 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2016-04-06 19:20:24 +0000
commit76a2cef3f1ebba2d1a334132e46ab0f457e0dc26 (patch)
treecbc81480011aa943b9f8e8ea56528d8940903944 /Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
parentd7c21d66059c23ff52d4f33ccd7a462a0ff74a43 (diff)
do not move past end of string when reading cnf file lines; update TEXMFVAR and TEXMFCONFIG for 2016
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@40263 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
index 805e2e1db07..928de4f6e76 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
% What follows is a super-summary of what this .cnf file can
% contain. Please read the Kpathsea manual for more information.
%
-% Each statement must be
+% Each statement in this file boils down to:
+% <variable>[.<program>] [=] <value>
+%
+% Neither the <variable> nor the <value> may be empty.
% Any identifier (sticking to A-Za-z_ for names is safest) can be assigned.
% The `=' (and surrounding spaces) is optional.
% $foo (or ${foo}) in a value expands to the envvar or cnf value of foo.
-% Long lines can be continued with a \.
+% Lines can be continued with a \; no whitespace removal is done.
%
% Earlier entries (in the same or another file) override later ones, and
% an environment variable foo overrides any texmf.cnf definition of foo.
@@ -37,8 +40,7 @@
% expanded into the compile-time default. Probably not what you want.
%
% Brace notation is supported, for example: /usr/local/{mytex,othertex}
-% expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. We make extensive
-% use of this.
+% expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex.
% Part 1: Search paths and directories.