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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2019-03-25 22:15:36 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2019-03-25 22:15:36 +0000
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@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ TEXMFAUXTREES = {}
% the search paths. tlmgr takes care to end any value with a trailing comma.
TEXMF = {$TEXMFAUXTREES$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFDIST}
-% Where to look for ls-R files. There need not be an ls-R in the
-% directories in this path, but if there is one, Kpathsea will use it.
-% By default, this is only the !! elements of TEXMF, so that mktexlsr
-% does not create ls-R files in the non-!! elements -- because if an
-% ls-R is present, it will be used, and the disk will not be searched.
-% This is arguably a bug in kpathsea.
+% Where to look for, and where mktexlsr creates, ls-R files. By default,
+% this is all and only the !! elements of TEXMF, so that mktexlsr does not
+% create ls-R files in the non-!! elements -- because if an ls-R is
+% present, it will be used, and the disk will not (usually) be searched,
+% regardless of !!. Although in principle a directory listed here need
+% not contain an ls-R file, in practice they all should.
TEXMFDBS = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFDIST}
% The system trees. These are the trees that are shared by all users.