Bug#75265: Tetex and local additions

[Georg Baum <Georg.Baum@gmx.de>]

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.6-7

Hi,

tetex in slink had a symlink /usr/lib/share/texmf/local, pointing to
/usr/local/lib/texmf, so that one could place local additions to tex,
latex or bibtex there and they would be found by tex.

tetex in potato has neither the symlink nor did it create the texmf
directory under /usr/local when I upgraded. I solved the problem of not
beeing able to use my local additions with the following steps:

- Changed /etc/tetex/texmf.cnf:

--- texmf.cnf.orig      Fri May 19 11:25:52 2000
+++ texmf.cnf   Fri Oct 20 20:50:30 2000
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 TEXMFMAIN = /usr/share/texmf
 
 % A place for local additions to a "standard" texmf tree.  For example:
-%   TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/share/texmf.local
+TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf
 
 % If defined, teTeX's texconfig stores modifications here (instead of
the
 % TEXMFMAIN tree).
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 % The braces are necessary.  If you set VARTEXMF, you also have to
 %   - list $VARTEXMF in the TEXMF definition;
 %   - make sure that $VARTEXMF precedes $TEXMFMAIN in the TEXMF
definition.
-TEXMF = !!$TEXMFMAIN
+TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
 
 % The system trees.  These are the trees that are shared by all the
users.
 SYSTEXMF = $TEXMF


- Moved the directory /usr/local/lib/texmf to /usr/local/share/texmf

So I suggest to apply the above changes to /etc/tetex/texmf.cnf (or do
domething equivalent) and let the postinst script create
/usr/local/share/texmf.

Thanks,

Georg