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Diffstat (limited to 'Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c index c0555b06d70..89fc9c93da8 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/cnf.c @@ -222,19 +222,22 @@ kpse_cnf_get P1C(const_string, name) /* When we expand the compile-time value for DEFAULT_TEXMFCNF, we end up needing the value for TETEXDIR and other variables, - so kpse_var_expand ends up calling us again. No good. */ + so kpse_var_expand ends up calling us again. No good. Except this + code is not sufficient, somehow the ls-R path needs to be + computed when initializing the cnf path. Better to ensure that the + compile-time path does not contain variable references. */ if (doing_cnf_init) return NULL; if (cnf_hash.size == 0) { + /* Read configuration files and initialize databases. */ doing_cnf_init = true; read_all_cnf (); doing_cnf_init = false; - /* Here's a pleasant kludge: Since `kpse_init_dbs' recursively calls - us, we must call it from outside a `kpse_path_element' loop - (namely, the one in `read_all_cnf' above): `kpse_path_element' is - not reentrant. */ + /* Since `kpse_init_db' recursively calls us, we must call it from + outside a `kpse_path_element' loop (namely, the one in + `read_all_cnf' above): `kpse_path_element' is not reentrant. */ kpse_init_db (); } |