[tex-live] tlmgr conf does not report xetex/luatex paths

Nelson H. F. Beebe beebe at math.utah.edu
Thu Oct 26 15:48:52 CEST 2017


Jean-François asks about adding xetex and luatex to the executables
tested for by "tlmgr conf".

If that change is made, let's do one more thing: line up the output
in neat columns for better visibility:  compare these two reports:

%  tlmgr conf | grep /bin
PATH: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10:/usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/u/sy/beebe/bin/i86pc:/u/sy/beebe/bin:/usr/local/share/bin:/usr/local/netpbm/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/sfw/bin:/usr/local/ashare/sys/developerstudio12.5/bin:/opt/solstudio12.2/bin:/usr/java/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:/usr/local/etc:/etc:/usr/ucb:.:/u/sy/beebe/tex/bib:/usr/proc/bin:/usr/local/ora/bin:/usr/local/sbin
kpsewhich: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/kpsewhich
updmap: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/updmap
fmtutil: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/fmtutil
tlmgr: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/tlmgr
tex: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/tex
pdftex: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/pdftex
mktexpk: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/mktexpk
dvips: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/dvips
dvipdfmx: /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/dvipdfmx

%  tlmgr conf | grep /bin | awk '{printf("%-15s\5%s\n", $1, $2)}'
PATH:          /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10:/usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/u/sy/beebe/bin/i86pc:/u/sy/beebe/bin:/usr/local/share/bin:/usr/local/netpbm/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/sfw/bin:/usr/local/ashare/sys/developerstudio12.5/bin:/opt/solstudio12.2/bin:/usr/java/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:/usr/local/etc:/etc:/usr/ucb:.:/u/sy/beebe/tex/bib:/usr/proc/bin:/usr/local/ora/bin:/usr/local/sbin
kpsewhich:     /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/kpsewhich
updmap:        /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/updmap
fmtutil:       /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/fmtutil
tlmgr:         /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/tlmgr
tex:           /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/tex
pdftex:        /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/pdftex
mktexpk:       /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/mktexpk
dvips:         /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/dvips
dvipdfmx:      /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-solaris-10/dvipdfmx

Readability matters!

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