It's odd to have a architecture-specific directory (bin) under a
no-architecture one (/usr/share).
But why have you filed a question as a bug report? See the section
BUGS in the FAQ.
Simply, configure looks along your path for executables, so set the
path suitably when running configure: it captures the full paths of
the selected exectuables. E.g. I have
R_LATEXCMD=${R_LATEXCMD-${LATEX-'/usr/texbin/latex'}}
because I had /usr/texbin in my path when I configured R.
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, thoralf.dassler at gmail.com wrote:
> Full_Name:
> Version: devel_2009-12-01
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (146.87.149.164)
>
>
> Can ./configure be made/told to look in
>
> /usr/share/texmf/bin
> instead of
> /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
>
> for pdftex and pdflatex?
>
> This saves me from creating symlinks, which, once there, create issues with
> other programmes I am trying to compile.
>
> Thanks
>
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