Hi,
I don't mind taking a look (I am a programmer) if it's likely to be a simple change (i.e., I wouldn't need to have a bunch of requisite knowledge about TexLive and its infrastructure). Point me in the right direction if it's going to save you guys some time.
I guess it will be around line 52 in current variable.c, in function kpathsea_var_value, where the value from getenv is taken.
Also, is there a reason why such a fix wouldn't ever make it upstream? Have they already seen this and somehow dismissed it due to another reason?
Yes, because it *CAN* be considered a feature!
Did I not also read in the merged bug which 594743 got put into, that tilde expansion worked just fine in texmf.cnf, whereas $HOME still suffered?
Yes. tilde.c is used for that and it contains already code that handles a trailing slash in $HOME. But using $HOME by itself is not treated specifically but as any other variable. And so we would have to make a copy/call to that code blob that removes trailing /, but *ONLY* for $HOME, as for other variables it might be used on purpose!!!! If you want to dive into it, please check out the source code, or if you want I can send you variable.c, tilde.c, and anything else you want. Norbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
