[OS X TeX] El Capitan and fonts in texmf-local

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Dick,
> 
> So /usr is non-writeable EXCEPT for its subfolder /usr/local, which is? If so, I didn’t know that you could do that.
> 
> Richard
> 
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Richard,
>> 
>> Please don’t guess. The folder /usr/local exists after you install
>> El Capitan, and it is writeable in the standard way.
>> 
>> Dick Koch
>> 
>> PS: I suggest looking at
>> 
>> 	tug.org/mactex
>> 
>> and the link three lines from the top to a page about TeX and El Capitan.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 4:53 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 6:29 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 6:21 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I looked at the changes to TeXShop 3.53 and was reminded that /usr will no longer be writeable under El Capitan. I have fonts located in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local. I also notice that there appears to be a symbolic link to that folder in /Library/TeX.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm currently running TeXLive-2015 on 10.10.5. If I install El Capitan, will it overwrite, and will I thus lose, the fonts that I currently have in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local? Prior to installing El Capitan, should I be moving my fonts somewhere else, for example, into /Library/TeX? If so, and I move them, then will I have to run a script to remap these fonts?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard Séguin
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> /usr/local is still usable so there is no change with the TeX Live distribution itself. For information about MacTeX & El Capitan go to <http://www.tug.org/mactex/elcapitan.html>.
>>>> 
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>> 
>>> Herb,
>>> 
>>> OK, I think you’re telling me that when I install El Capitan, my fonts will not be deleted and will still be there in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local. However, if /usr is no longer writeable, I’ll never be able to add any additional fonts in this folder in the future. So, there must be a new preferred location for putting fonts, right? And where would that be, and if so, should I just go ahead and move my existing fonts to this new location?
>>> 
>>> Richard Séguin

Howdy,

El Capitan introduces a form of protection at the kernel level (called rootless) that doesn't even let root write in certain specific locations (e.g., /System and /usr directly.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)