[tex-live] reliability of ~/texmf in TeXLive and other distros?

[Norbert Preining]

Tomek,

(you forgot Dan on the Cc list, I am not sure if he reads the list
normally, I bounced him your email and added him).

On Fr, 11 Dez 2009, T T wrote:
> That is true, however from kpsewhich --help (MiKTeX 2.7):
> 
>   -expand-path=PATH              Deprecated.
>   -expand-var=VAR                Deprecated.
> 
> and I don't get anything for TEXMFHOME nor even SELFAUTOLOC, so

Did you do
	kpsewhich -expand-var='$TEXMFHOME'
mind the $!!! WIthout it you will not get anything not even on TL2009 ;-)
That was the reason -var-value was introduced to get rid of the need
to specify the $ which can be a problem on some systems, or at least
makes everything more complicated.

> Also, I see that SageTeX is already included in TL, so before
> installing it to TEXMFHOME, it might be good to check with 'kpsewhich
> sagetex.sty' if it needs installation at all.

Yes, that is definitely a good idea.
	kpsewhich sagetex.sty

Or simply give only an info in the README file that if it is not shipped
or too old a version ....

Best wishes

Norbert
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