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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>,
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Subject: Re: Jadetex saga (things work, but I figure I should explain)
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On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:14 pm, George V. Neville-Neil wrote:
| After many de/reinstalls on teTeX and various packages I had a thought:
| "What if my old TEXINPUTS variable is inherited when I su to root to
| build/install ports?"  What happens is jadetex does NOT build.

*always* 

su -

to switch to root before installing packages, building, and so forth.

Sometimes -- heck, most of the time, for more people, a single "su" will 
suffice, but you're just asking for trouble.


|
| So, in future (is there a FAQ) when installing these packages make sure
| you don't have any old TEX environment variables set.
|
| Thanks to everyone for all the help.
|
| Later,
| George

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