James Sparenberg wrote: [me] >> filetree: texmf >> default-install-location: /usr/share >> alternate-install-location: /usr/local/share >> alternate-install-location: /mnt/* >> alternate-install-location: /media/* >> >> (the * meaning "prompt user"). Purists will hate the idea of initiating >> a dialog during an install, but for applications which have a very large >> data footprint like TeX, I think it's justifiable. > > But allowing files all over the place violates the FHS. Sure...so do it with a soft link /media/whatever/texmf /usr/share/texmf It's not important *how* it's done, merely to provide for its doing. Otherwise it makes the package more hardware-dependent than it need be. ///Peter
