[tex-k] Mistake in texmf.cnf in texmflib-7.10.tar.gz?

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Reicher <joel at panacea.null.org> writes:

    > Grabbed the latest texmflib, web, and web2c tarballs, built and
    > installed.  Path searching didn't work. The `built' texmf.cnf
    > had not been installed over the old and `wrong' one in the
    > texmflib tarball because that one didn't have the `original
    > texmf.cnf' line in it.

    > Mistake?

No, it's a feature.

You should only remove the word `original' from texmf.cnf if you want
to prevent the file from being overwritten.

And do not remove the word `original' if you don't know what you are
doing. 


Regards,
  Reinhard

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