Re: Bug#65432: tetex-bin: kpsewhich cannot find file fmtutil.cnf

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

Atsuhito Kohda writes:
 > > > TEXMF=/usr/lib/texmf
 > 
 > It is incredible but it is true that some users set TEXMF 
 > as root.  I found some time ago that in tetex-bin.postinst 
 > it is commented out as follows
 > 
 > #unset TETEXDIR || true
 > #unset TEXMF || true
 > #unset TEXINPUTS || true
 > 
 > and wondered why?
 > 
 > I think this is a good time to ask this.  Why the above
 > lines are commented out?
 > 

There was a reason, which I can't remember at the moment ;-}

Christoph