[tex-k] Re: [tex-live] Re: pdfeTeX as the only engine

[Thomas Esser]

> I recall that Pawel Jackowski reported that many times: he wanted to build
> any special XXX.efmt, but failed since pdftex.cfg was not found.

Just answering this point: pdftex.cfg is no longer searched using
TEXINPUTS, and has its own search path:
  PDFTEXCONFIG = .;$TEXMF/pdftex/{$progname,}//
which no longer depends on the right something.$progname setting in
texmf.cnf.

Thomas