Re: other users using stable release

[Mats Bengtsson]

> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> 
> 
> > - Generated font files should end up in different locations
> >   for the different users.
> 
> > The second problem is easily solved by setting the environment
> > variable $VARTEXFONTS, which determines the directory below
> > which the generated font files are stored. The default setting
> > in teTeX is /var/tmp/texfonts/, which is on local disc and, thus,
> > solves the problem.
> 
> No, It does not solve the problem to store fonts on local disc (as you
> said, it is the default). Why should it? (Hint: We share machines).

OK! Then you could, for example set the variable to 
/var/tmp/texfonts-stable and /var/tmp/texfonts-devel, 
respectively. The only disadvantage is that you then
may get some duplicate copies also of the text fonts, 
but I hope some extra 100 kB of disk space isn't a problem
nowadays.

> > For the first one, I'm afraid you'd have to add a separate
> 
> No problem, installed in ~/usr/lily-devel/ and ~/usr/lily-stable/

  /Mats

Isn't it as late at night in Denmark as in Sweden?
I should really go to bed now!