texmfcnf.lua is broken for ConTeXt.

[amano.kenji]

Is there any documentation on the variables used in texmfcnf.lua?

I really don't know what the hell the variables in texmfcnf.lua mean.

Can there be any separate system-wide override file that can override certain variables in /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua?

------- Original Message -------
On Monday, August 15th, 2022 at 10:27 PM, Max Chernoff <mseven at telus.net> wrote:


> Hi,
>
> > https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/commit/43af7cc2eab080ea4f333159833e714376cb2cad
> >
> > Arch Linux texlive-core package includes its own patched version of
> > texmfcnf.lua that makes ConTeXt work.
>
>
> I have the following ConTeXts installed:
>
> 1. TeX Live 2021 on Windows 10 x64
> 2. TeX Live 2022 on Windows 10 x64
> 3. TeX Live 2022 on Linux x64 (Fedora 36)
> 4. ConTeXt LMTX Standalone on Windows 10 x64
> 5. ConTeXt LMTX Standalone on Linux x64 (Fedora 36)
>
> All of these are installed using the official installation scripts, and
> all of these work just fine for me.
>
> From your other threads:
>
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2022/106444.html
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/653913
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-k/2022-August/003855.html
>
> this appears to be a packaging issue with Gentoo.
>
> However, I do agree with you that ConTeXt can be quite picky with
> anything texmfcnf-related. See point 4 in my reply to you on the ConTeXt
> list:
>
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2022/106453.html
>
> The ConTeXt developers are best reached on the ntg-context mailing list,
> so that would likely be the best place to discuss the texmfcnf issue
> since a similar thread on this list:
>
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2020-September/046099.html
>
> was never really resolved.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Max