[tex-live] broken configuration? (was updmap and TEXMFHOME)

[Bob Tennent]

 >|> Then there might be something wrong with my
 >|> configuration because I lost all recent updates to my
 >|> $HOME/.texlive2010/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg when tmlmgr did a
 >|> system update.
 >|
 >|This is really strange and I cannot see how that can under normal
 >|circumstances happen.
 >|
 >|Can you send the output of
 >|    tlmgr conf
 >|please? Both running as normal user and as root.

My tlmgr conf:

=========================== version information ==========================
tlmgr revision 20400 (2010-11-11 01:25:35 +0100)
tlmgr using installation: /usr/local/share/texlive
TeX Live (http://tug.org/texlive) version 2010

==================== executables found by searching PATH =================
PATH: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/rdt/bin
kpsewhich: /usr/local/bin/kpsewhich
updmap: /usr/local/bin/updmap
fmtutil: /usr/local/bin/fmtutil
tlmgr: /usr/local/bin/tlmgr
tex: /usr/local/bin/tex
pdftex: /usr/local/bin/pdftex
mktexpk: /usr/local/bin/mktexpk
dvips: /usr/local/bin/dvips
dvipdfmx: /usr/local/bin/dvipdfmx
=========================== active config files ==========================
texmf.cnf: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf.cnf
updmap.cfg: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
fmtutil.cnf: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
config.ps: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config/dvips/config/config.ps
mktex.cnf: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config/web2c/mktex.cnf
pdftexconfig.tex: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
============================= font map files =============================
psfonts.map: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map
pdftex.map: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map
ps2pk.map: /home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/ps2pk.map
dvipdfm.map: ./dvipdfm.map
=========================== kpathsea variables ===========================
TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf
TEXMFDIST=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config
TEXMFVAR=/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var
TEXMFCONFIG=/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config
TEXMFHOME=/home/rdt/texmf
VARTEXFONTS=/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var/fonts
TEXMF={/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
SYSTEXMF=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFDBS={!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
WEB2C={/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/web2c
TEXPSHEADERS=.:{/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/{dvips,fonts/{enc,type1,type42,type3}}//
TEXCONFIG={/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/dvips//
ENCFONTS=.:{/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/enc//
TEXFONTMAPS=.:{/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/home/rdt/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/home/rdt/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/map/{kpsewhich,pdftex,dvips,}//
==== kpathsea variables from environment only (ok if no output here) ====
INDEXSTYLE=.

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root's tlmgr conf:


=========================== version information ==========================
tlmgr revision 20400 (2010-11-11 01:25:35 +0100)
tlmgr using installation: /usr/local/share/texlive
TeX Live (http://tug.org/texlive) version 2010

==================== executables found by searching PATH =================
PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/rdt/bin
kpsewhich: /usr/local/bin/kpsewhich
updmap: /usr/local/bin/updmap
fmtutil: /usr/local/bin/fmtutil
tlmgr: /usr/local/bin/tlmgr
tex: /usr/local/bin/tex
pdftex: /usr/local/bin/pdftex
mktexpk: /usr/local/bin/mktexpk
dvips: /usr/local/bin/dvips
dvipdfmx: /usr/local/bin/dvipdfmx
=========================== active config files ==========================
texmf.cnf: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf.cnf
updmap.cfg: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
fmtutil.cnf: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
config.ps: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config/dvips/config/config.ps
mktex.cnf: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf
pdftexconfig.tex: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
============================= font map files =============================
psfonts.map: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map
pdftex.map: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map
ps2pk.map: /usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/ps2pk.map
dvipdfm.map: ./dvipdfm.map
=========================== kpathsea variables ===========================
TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf
TEXMFDIST=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config
TEXMFVAR=/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var
TEXMFCONFIG=/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config
TEXMFHOME=/root/texmf
VARTEXFONTS=/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var/fonts
TEXMF={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
SYSTEXMF=/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local:/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist
TEXMFDBS={!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}
WEB2C={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/web2c
TEXPSHEADERS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/{dvips,fonts/{enc,type1,type42,type3}}//
TEXCONFIG={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/dvips//
ENCFONTS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/enc//
TEXFONTMAPS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/share/texlive/texmf-dist}/fonts/map/{kpsewhich,pdftex,dvips,}//
==== kpathsea variables from environment only (ok if no output here) ====
INDEXSTYLE=.