[tex-live] please clarify tlmgr generate

Axel Kielhorn a.kielhorn at web.de
Fri Nov 6 15:25:22 CET 2009


Am 06.11.2009 um 01:11 schrieb Norbert Preining:

>
> Reason: There are hundreds of places out in the net recommending
> 	updmap-sys --enable Map ....
> to include a local map file. If that resides in TEXMFLOCAL and it
> is not listed in texlive.tlpdb it will not be included in updmap.sys
> when we call
> 	tlmgr generate updmap
> Since the usage of --enable Map is so wide spread, we implemented that
> special behaviour.
>
> Still, as wirh fmtutil and language you can put your local maps into
> 	TEXMFLOCAL/web2c/updmap-local.cfg
> and they will be included in updmap.cfg with tlmgr generate.

Does this imply that getnonfreefonts(-sys) should write a
	TEXMFLOCAL/web2c/updmap-local.cfg
file or edit the existing file to tell updmap about the new fonts?

Axel


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