[OS X TeX] tlmgr generate updmap problem...

[Thierry]

> A personal version of the pdftex.map, etc., files are
> created in ~/.texlive2009/ not in your personal tree at
> ~/Library/texmf/. Take a look there.

I have indeed the files pdftex.map (and other for dvips...) here.
But from the documentation, I expect the command 'tlmgr generate updmap' to create a file 'updmap.cfg' (somewhere in '.texlive2009/texmf-var/web2c' maybe?). This folder only contains a file 'updmap.log' created when I used 'updmap' (which works perfectly).

So, the problem is really with tlmgr which do nothing.

> 
> Also, for personal maps you need to invoke
> 
> updmap --enable Map mymap.map
> 
> for each of the map files you want to activate. NOTE: there
> is no sudo used for personal map since that would create the
> files with root as owner in your personal texlive2009 tree.

In my case, without the sudo command, tlmgr gives me a 'permission denied' symptom (see my first message).
How could I figure out what tlmgr tries to do and really does?

> 
> I usually discourage doing things this way. I'd install the
> fonts in the proper subdirectories of
> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/, run
> 
> sudo mktexlsr
> 
> and then
> 
> sudo -H updmap-sys --enable Map mymap.map
> 
> for each mymap.map file you wish to activate. If you keep
> the fonts in your personal texmf tree (~/Library/texmf/)
> leave out the -H option which tells sudo to use root's home
> directory rather than your home directory. Make sure you
> delete everything in your ~/.texlive2009/ directory since
> that will be found first.
> 
> If you have lots of maps to enable I'd create a script to
> save you time.

I could use this method, but I would like to understand why the method suggested by texlive does not work.
In any case, I prefer to maintain a file 'updmap-local.cfg' instead of a script.
I have all my fonts in my ~/Library/texmf/ folder, and they are correctly used when I create a updmap.cfg file by hand (in ~/Library/texmf/ also) and run updmap.

Thanks for your answer.
Thierry