Re: LuaTeX/luaotfload doesn't find any fonts (using fontspec) on Guix?

[Benjamin Slade]

On Tue, 07 May 2024 19:25:35 +0200 (1 day, 21 hours, 55 minutes ago), Nicolas 
Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

> Hello,

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for this! 

....
> This doesn't seem good as the store is not writable.

> I read[¹] that "texmf.cnf" and "texmfcnf.lua" might be misconfigured. In
> particular, `kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFCACHE' reports a store location.
> At the very least, I think TEXMFCACHE in "texmf.cnf" should be set to
> $TEXMFVAR instead of $TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR as it is the case currently.
> I'm not sure it will help, tho.

I will try to see if there is anything that can be done in terms of local/home 
configuration.

I wonder if there's a reasonable upstream/Guix fix for the luatex package 
definition.

I would really like to be able to get this working; I do a lot of work which 
requires LuaTeX and being able to work with additional fonts, and currently 
this means I cannot do this work on any of my Guix machines, it seems.

best,
 —Benjamin
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