[texhax] where to put .sty files?

[Pierre MacKay]

I still think that the discipline of putting /usr and /usr/local on separate partitions
and making /usr read-only is a winner all around.  If you do it that way the modifications
to texmf.cnf are trivial
 E. g.:
      1,2c1
      < % HTG texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea.
      < % TO supercede /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf through use of $SELFAUTO
      ---
      > % original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea.
      62c61
      < TEXMFLOCAL = /opt/local/texmf
      ---
      > TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf
      89c88
      < VARTEXFONTS = /var/opt/texmf
      ---
      > VARTEXFONTS = /var/lib/texmf
      267,268d265
      < %%% I also use a link from /opt/local/texmf/fonts to /fonts, but that
      < %%% is only for programming convenience
      286,287c283
      < TEXCONFIG = .;$VARTEXFONTS/dvips//;$TEXMF/dvips//
      < % Had to add the $VARTEXFONTS 21/07/04 PAM
      ---
      > TEXCONFIG = .;$TEXMF/dvips//
      
Moreover, I would maintain that the benefits of making /usr a read-only
partition are too numerous to list.  It should be one of the first steps 
in securing against invasion from crackers.

Pierre MacKay