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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-06 16:57:35 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-06 16:57:35 +0000
commit4b2d98dd3342b2b64295f1c2931444dd95736ecb (patch)
treee5670ffda7057a52474494a0601c44bf957a1adb /Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
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git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9296 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf b/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
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--- a/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
+++ b/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
@@ -421,8 +421,15 @@ RUBYINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/scripts/{$progname,$engine,}/ruby//
% This definition isn't used from this .cnf file itself (that would be
% paradoxical), but the compile-time default in paths.h is built from it.
% The SELFAUTO* variables are set automatically from the location of
-% argv[0], in kpse_set_progname.
-%
+% argv[0], in kpse_set_program_name.
+%
+% This main texmf.cnf file is installed, for a release YYYY, in a
+% directory such as /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.
+% Since this file is subject to future updates, the TeX Live installer
+% or human administrator may also create a file
+% /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/texmf.cnf; any settings in this latter file
+% will take precedence over the distributed one under texmf/web2c.
+%
% For security reasons, it is better not to include . in this path.
%
TEXMFCNF = {$SELFAUTOLOC,$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}