[AUCTeX] Re: 11.82; local texmf tree path not picked up when compiling

[Shanks N]

Ralf Angeli wrote:
> * Shanks N. (2006-09-27) writes:
>
> > I recently installed cygwinized tetex 3.x series on my LAPTOP.  I have 
> > not made any changes to the texmf.cnf.  When I install packages in 
> > /usr/local/share/texmf/latex/, run texhash and then try to use it in 
> > auctex, it does NOT look in the local texmf tree.
>
> Does it work if you run latex from the shell?
ummm...no.  So I checked the following.

$ pdflatex.exe sas-coding-std.tex
...
! LaTeX Error: File `cooltooltips.sty' not found.

$ kpsewhich  --expand-braces \$TEXINPUTS
.:!!/home/702287/.texmf/config/tex/kpsewhich//:!!/home/702287/.texmf/var/tex/kpsewhich//:/home/702287/texmf/tex/kpsewhich//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/kpsewhich//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/kpsewhich//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/kpsewhich//:!!/home/702287/.texmf/config/tex/generic//:!!/home/702287/.texmf/var/tex/generic//:/home/702287/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/home/702287/.texmf/config/tex///:!!/home/702287/.texmf/var/tex///:/home/702287/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///

$ export TEXINPUTS=.:/usr/local/share/texmf//:${TEXINPUTS}

$ echo $TEXINPUTS
.:/usr/local/share/texmf//:

$ pdflatex.exe sas-coding-std.tex
cooltooltips.sty    2006/03/07 v1.0 Cool PDF tooltips
...
Output written on sas-coding-std.pdf (2 pages, 43427 bytes).
Transcript written on sas-coding-std.log.

$ kpsewhich  --expand-braces \$TEXMF
!!/home/702287/.texmf/config:!!/home/702287/.texmf/var:/home/702287/texmf:!!/usr/local/share/texmf:!!/var/lib/texmf:!!/usr/share/texmf

$ kpsewhich  --expand-braces \$TEXMFLOCAL
/usr/local/share/texmf

So it seems to work by setting the TEXINPUTS.  Where in the texmf.cnf & 
what do I have to change to make the local tree transparently available? 
 If it makes any difference, I don't have a .bashrc or ,bash_profile

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program
Files/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/:/usr/bin


I also upgraded to 11.83 and found that also didn't make a difference.

regards,
Shanks