[tex-live] an issue with running dvipdfmx from a makefile

[Josef Kleber]

Am 04.10.2014 um 23:10 schrieb jfbu:
>
> Le 4 oct. 2014 à 23:05, jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> a écrit :
>
>> TMPDIR = tmp
>>
>> test:
>> 	chmod u+x script.sh; ./script.sh
>
> I picked up the word TMPDIR by sheer bad luck, if I
> choose anything else like

If I use TMPDIR here (Win7/Cygwin) there is no problem. There's no 
TMPDIR defined:

$ env | grep TMP
TMP=/tmp

Maybe the makefile overrides a set TMPDIR on the Mac, which is not a 
good idea at all.

> Obviously there is something important with TMPDIR and I did not have
> the right to use it.

I have no clue if makefile variables should override environment variables.

Josef