On So, 01 Apr 2012, Norbert Preining wrote:
> TeX creates fonts *either* in TEXMFVAR which is ~/.texmf-var/...
> or in FONTSCACHE which is /var/cache/fonts
>
> THe first mention "sbuild-nonexistent" seems to related to $HOME
> the second one to /var/cache/fonts/pk which of course cannot
> be created if not running as root (that is by default).
>
> But *HOW* that ever worked on testing I woul like to see. When was
> the last build of that package wiht TL2009 on testing? And whether
> it is possible to see where the fonts are put?
In testing it creates the fonts in /tmp:
Output written on ecss1440.600gf (256 characters, 63360 bytes).
Transcript written on ecss1440.log.
mktexpk: /tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec/ecss1440.600pk: successfully
generated.
/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/jknappen/ec/ecss1440.600pk
Best wishes
Norbert
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