Comment 11 for bug 186164

On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 11:13:01PM +0000, Andreas Noteng wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for addressing it. It is no longer an issue, in the sense that
I have found a way around it, without really remembering the details how.
I think there is an issue with the TEXMFDBS variable in texmf.cnf, and
I had to override it to work in the recent Ubuntu's while this was not
necessary in the past.

:-- George

>
> ** Changed in: texlive-base (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> latex: user-specific texmf.cnf files do not work as expected
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186164
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> Status in “texlive-base” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
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> Bug description:
> This bug appeared after upgrade to 7.10, and it also exists in a fresh installation of 8.04 alpha 3.
> It works fine in every other latex installation I have every used, including ubuntu prior to 7.10 and Fedora Core.
> On 8.04 a3 I carefully avoided to install tetex-extra, in case the problem was caused by a conflict between tetex and texlive.
>
> I have a personal texmf.cnf file which only override selected paths, compared to the system texmf.cnf.
> This no longer seems to work; styles in the local or home directories, as specified in the local or home texmf.cnf are not found by (pdf)latex.
> Oddly, they are found by kpsewhere
> $ kpsewhich unislide.sty
> $ kpsewhere unislide.sty
> /home/georg/share/texmf/tex/latex/hgbeamer/unislide.sty
> This behaviour is not consistent with the man pages as far as I can tell.
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