Re: $(datadir)/.../dvips vs. .../ps

[Werner LEMBERG]

> In lilypond 1.6.6, using dvips(k) 5.90a (from TeX Live 7), I find that
> music-drawing-routines.ps is not being found.  I added -d -1 to the
> dvips invocation in ly2dvi, and found that it was searching for a
> directory name `dvips' instead of `ps':
>
> [...]
> 
> I don't understand why this used to work and/or why it's broken now.
> However, since I just want to typeset my music, I made a symlink
> dvips->ps in $(datadir)/lilypond/1.6.6, and now dvips can find the
> headers.

BWT, the same problem exists for xdvi.

My older teTeX's default texmf.cnf contained $TEXMF/tex// in the
standard TEXPSHEADERS variable.  This has changed.  Sebastian, can you
tell us why?


    Werner