[Bug 332167] [NEW] packages in ~/texmf should have priority over base system

[Niall Murphy]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: texlive-base

Default behaviour should be that a package installed in ~/texmf should
be used instead of those in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ provided by the
system package.

( Textex seemed to act like this)

This is extremely useful behaviour since the packages in the repositories can be out of date.
To use updated versions, currently the user must either manually change the order that texmf directories are read (difficult to find out)  or replace the out of date files in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ with the latest from CPAN (old files are rewritten if packages are reinstalled or ubuntu updates)


Ubuntu 8.10 using texlive standard  packages  version 2007.dfsg.1-2

** Affects: texlive-base (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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packages in ~/texmf should have priority over base system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332167
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