[tex4ht] [bug #394] Support for oolatex on Debian

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2018-06-25 at 20:59:26 GMT, Karl Berry wrote:

 > Follow-up Comment #4, bug #394 (project tex4ht):
 > 
 > Using SELFAUTOPARENT at all will not work on Debian, as things
 > stand. It's easiest to hardwire it to /usr/share/texlive.  Maybe if
 > that directory exists, use it, else use SELFAUTOPARENT.
 > Alternatively, if SELFAUTOPARENT expands to /, look for
 > /usr/share/texlive or other alternatives.

TEXMFROOT can be used instead of SELFAUTODIR or SELFAUTOPARENT.  This
should work in most cases, but if distributors don't set it up
properly...

 > [...] leave it for the distributors.

The purpose of TEXMFROOT is to allow distributors to change only one
variable in order to adapt the system to their needs.  

TeX Live from tug.org is a multi-platform distribution and thus sets

  TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTOPARENT
  
Linux distributions support only one platform and should set

  TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTODIR

Regards,
  Reinhard

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