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The TDS cannot address the following aspects of a functioning
TeX system:
- The location of executable programs: this is too site-dependent
even to recommend a location, let alone require one. A site may place
executables outside the `texmf' tree altogether (e.g.,
`/usr/local/bin'), in a platform-dependent directory within
`texmf', or elsewhere.
- Upgrading packages when new releases are made: we could find no
way of introducing version specifiers into `texmf' that would do more
good than harm, or that would be practical for even a plurality of
installations.
- The location of implementation-specific files (e.g., TeX
`.fmt' files): by their nature, these must be left to the
implementor or TeX maintainer. See Section section Example implementation-specific trees.
- Precisely when a package or file should be considered "local",
and where such local files are installed. See Section section Local additions for more discussion.
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