[tex-live] texmf-local vs. texmf

[Hans Hagen]

Frank � wrote:
>
> Why are files which are edited for configuration in TEXMFLOCAL or
> TEXMFMAIN at all?  Shouldn't they be in
>
>   
>> TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFCONFIG,!!$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFDIST}
>>     
>                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> (well, it seems this tree is not created by default)
>   
traditionally texmflocal has been used for that; the permutations of 
sys|var|config are tetex ones

and local precedes main

Hans

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