[tex-live] Search path order problem.

[David Kastrup]

Hi, I get
$ kpsepath -n luatex tex
.:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/latex:.:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex/luatex//:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex/luatex//:/home/dak/texmf/tex/luatex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex/luatex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex/luatex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/tex/luatex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/luatex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/luatex//:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/dak/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex///:/home/dak/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex///:/home/dak/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex///

As you can see, we have /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/tex/generic//
before /usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/generic//

What is the idea behind that?  Why would the local paths come behind
the system paths?

-- 
David Kastrup