From 621564875ceec62c0706c219ee14e3be8edfc8d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:03:25 +0900 Subject: fmtutil: only try to use TEXMFSYSVAR for mktexfmt --- Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm index e39971a7965..4bc22da9fec 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm +++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm @@ -4626,9 +4626,13 @@ sub setup_sys_user_mode { } elsif ($optsref->{'user'}) { $texmfconfig = $TEXMFCONFIG; $texmfvar = $TEXMFVAR; - # for fmtutil we try to use TEXMFSYSVAR if it is writable since - # stray formats are some of the biggest problems reported - if ($prg eq "fmtutil" || $prg eq "mktexfmt") { + # mktexfmt is often run accidentally by a user with missing formats + # and the resulting format dumps are put into TEXMFVAR, which is + # one of the most common source of problems. + # Only for mktexfmt (but not for fmtutil, which would need to be called + # explicitely with fmtutil -user) we check whether TEXMFSYSVAR is writable + # and if yes, create formats there. + if ($prg eq "mktexfmt") { my $switchit = 0; if (-d "$TEXMFSYSVAR/web2c") { $switchit = 1 if (-w "$TEXMFSYSVAR/web2c"); -- cgit v1.2.3