update-texmf-config (8) - Linux Manuals

update-texmf-config: script used in maintainer scripts to trigger tex-common actions

Command to display update-texmf-config manual in Linux: $ man 8 update-texmf-config

NAME

update-texmf-config - script used in maintainer scripts to trigger tex-common actions

SYNOPSIS

update-texmf-config [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the update-texmf-config command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script was designed for Debian packaging system.

update-texmf-config is a shell script that is called from maintainer scripts shipping new map files, hyphenation patterns, or any other TeX input file.

The script simply activates the respective trigger, namely texmf-map for font map files, texmf-hyphen for hyphenation patterns, and texmf-format for format updates. All the necessary action will then be carried out by the tex-common package.

OPTIONS

map: Activate the texmf-map trigger.
hyphen: Activate the texmf-hyphen trigger.
format: Activate the texmf-format trigger.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Norbert Preining <preining [at] logic.at>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).