[OS X TeX] New TeX i-Packages release

[Claus Gerhardt]

What happens with the personal formats (.fmt) that reside in ~/ 
Library/texmf/web2c and what are the recommended (or possible)  
procedures in this case.

Claus
On Oct 12, 2005, at 21:42, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> On 12 Oct 2005, at 18:18, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Oct 12, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Where did you have the map files?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The map file is at:
>>
>> ~/Library/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/ifmath/iffonts.map
>>
>>
>>
>>> If they were in your personal tree check to make sure they are  
>>> still there.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, as I indicate above, it is still there.
>>
>>
>>
>>> If not, get them from a backup and you may have to do an updmap- 
>>> sys to enable the maps and add them to the list. I think (big  
>>> assumption here) that the distribution will delete map files in ~/ 
>>> Library/texmf/fonts/map/*/updmap/.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I thought about that, but when given the option, I have been  
>> telling it to keep my stuff. I think that the window was titled  
>> something like "Individual user configuration handling?". I told  
>> it to "Keep as is". Is this what you are referring to? Should I  
>> have done something else?
>>
>
> This whole stuff has been removed and this panel is gone too.  
> Anything in ~/Library/texmf will be ignored by the i-Package.
>
>
>>> PS I have no problem with the informal math fonts here but I  
>>> installed them in texmf.local.
>>>
>
> This is essential, see below.
>
>
>> I would really like to know what happened here. I must say that I  
>> am not the most novice user and I am finding all of these choices  
>> to be more confusing all the time. I really wish that more  
>> information was provided when major changes to the installation  
>> are made (as appears to be the case with the recent TeX release).  
>> I am not saying that the changes shouldn't have been made since  
>> they appear (from what I have gleaned from the list) to be  
>> important, I just wish that the consequences were better  
>> summarized for people like me. Am I the only person whose head is  
>> spinning? I pity people who are just starting out. :-)
>>
>
> The changes in the teTeX tools turn out to have a lot of effects.  
> First: the new i-Package does not offer to do anything anymore in  
> the ~/Library/texmf.
>
> The map files in ~/Library/texmf are not found anymore by the  
> system-wide configuration during the i-Package configuration file  
> because the new configurations are run as root with home directory  
> set to the home directory of root. Hence, anything in ~gary/ 
> Libraray/texmf will not be seen and e.g. an updmap --syncwithtrees  
> will disable any map not found (which includes those in ~gary/ 
> Library/texmf)
>
> If you want to add a map file to the system wide situation, the  
> right place now is texmf.local.
>
> The result of this approach is that you will get *exactly* the same  
> setup for your system-wide configuration, independent from the  
> person running the TeX i-Package configure phase. I think that is  
> clean. But it is different from the past.
>
> In terms of the command line, the following behaviours (using  
> TL2005 stuff), (example: map file handling):
>
> System wide (this is how the TeX i-Package does it).
>
> 1. Install the map file in texmf.local (~/Library/texmf is ignored)
> 2. Run:
>     sudo -H -u root updmap-sys --enable Map foo.map
>
>
> Personal:
> 1. Install the map file in ~/Library/texmf
> 2. Run:
>     updmap --enable Map foo.map
>
>
> Compatible with TL2004 (written in texmf.local but ~/Library/texmf  
> is *not* ignored):
>
> 1. Install in ~/Library/texmf of texmf.local
> 2. Run:
>     sudo updmap-sys --enable Map foo.map
>
> G
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