[tex-live] texconfig conf

[Philip TAYLOR]

Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Di, 29 Nov 2011, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>>>    >   Hi, When I run texconfig conf I obtain no information whether I run
>>>    >   it as root or not,
>>>
>>> Why should it tell you who you are?  TeX Live doesn't make any attempt
>>> to find this out.
>>
>> Er, that is not what Ernesto probably meant, although I
>> can see that some might misunderstand him.  I would
>> re-cast his words as :
>>
>>
>>>    >   Hi, When I run texconfig conf I obtain no information whether
>>>    >   or not I run it as root.
>
> And the answer remains the same,
> 	Why should tlmgr/texconf/whatever tell you that you are running
> 	as root. That you *definitely* should know yourself, and if
> 	you do NOT know, you should NOT be root!

Two non-native speakers, both convinced that they know
what a third non-native speaker means.  A third, who
is a native speaker, believes that Ernesto means :

>>>    >   Hi, When I run texconfig conf I obtain no information.
>>>    >   It does not matter whether or not I run it as root.

Philip Taylor