--- texmf.cnf.orig	2023-02-25 22:59:04 UTC
+++ texmf.cnf
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 % original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea.
 % Public domain.
-% 
+%
 % If you modify this original file, YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST when it is
 % updated.  Instead, put your changes -- and only your changes, not an
 % entire copy! -- in ../../texmf.cnf.  That is, if this file is
 % installed in /some/path/to/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf,
 % put your custom settings in /some/path/to/texlive/2023/texmf.cnf.
 % (Below, we use YYYY in place of the specific year.)
-% 
+%
 % What follows is a super-summary of what this .cnf file can
 % contain. Please read the Kpathsea manual for more information.
 %
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
 % Redistributors will probably want $SELFAUTODIR/share, i.e., /usr/share.
 % Kpathsea sets (in kpathsea/progname.c):
 % SELFAUTOLOC (directory of the binary=/usr/local/texlive/YYYY/bin/i386-linux),
-% SELFAUTODIR (its parent = /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/bin), 
+% SELFAUTODIR (its parent = /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/bin),
 % SELFAUTOPARENT (its grandparent = /usr/local/texlive/YYYY), and
 % SELFAUTOGRANDPARENT (its great-grandparent = /usr/local/texlive).
 % Sorry for the off-by-one-generation names.
-TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTOPARENT
+TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTODIR/share
 
 % The main tree of distributed packages and programs:
 TEXMFDIST = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-dist
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ TEXMFMAIN = $TEXMFDIST
 TEXMFMAIN = $TEXMFDIST
 
 % Local additions to the distribution trees.
-TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOGRANDPARENT/texmf-local
+TEXMFLOCAL = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-local
 
 % TEXMFSYSVAR, where *-sys store cached runtime data.
 TEXMFSYSVAR = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-var
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ TEXMFAUXTREES = {}
 %
 % For texconfig to work properly, TEXMFCONFIG and TEXMFVAR should be named
 % explicitly and before other trees.
-% 
+%
 % TEXMFLOCAL precedes TEXMFDIST because locally-installed versions
 % should take precedence over distribution files -- although it is
 % generally a source of confusion to have different versions of a
 % package installed, whatever the trees, so try to avoid it.
-% 
+%
 % The odd-looking $TEXMFAUXTREES$TEXMF... construct is so that if no auxtree is
 % ever defined (the 99% common case), no extra elements will be added to
 % the search paths. tlmgr takes care to end any value with a trailing comma.
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ MAILCAPLIBDIR = $TEXMFROOT/etc
 % Default settings for the fontconfig library as used by the Windows
 % versions of xetex/xdvipdfmx.  Not used by xetex on Unixish systems.
 % ConTeXT MkIV (all platforms) also use these values.
-% 
+%
 FONTCONFIG_FILE = fonts.conf
 FONTCONFIG_PATH = $TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts/conf
 FC_CACHEDIR = $TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts/cache
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@ DVIPDFMXINPUTS = $TEXMF/dvipdfmx
 DVIPDFMXINPUTS = $TEXMF/dvipdfmx
 
 % Lua needs to look in TEXINPUTS for lua scripts distributed with packages.
-% 
+%
 % But we can't simply use $TEXINPUTS, since then if TEXINPUTS is set in
 % the environment with a colon, say, TEXINPUTS=/some/dir:, the intended
 % default expansion of TEXINPUTS will not happen and .lua files under
 % the /tex/ tree will not be found.
-% 
+%
 % So, duplicate the TEXINPUTS.*lualatex values as LUAINPUTS.*lualatex.
 % The default LUAINPUTS suffices for luatex and dviluatex.
 %
@@ -542,14 +542,14 @@ RUBYINPUTS   = $TEXMFDOTDIR;$TEXMF/scripts/{$progname,
 % paradoxical), but the compile-time default in paths.h is built from it.
 % The SELFAUTO* variables are set automatically from the location of
 % argv[0], in kpse_set_program_name.
-% 
+%
 % This main texmf.cnf file is installed, for a release YYYY, in a
 % directory such as /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf.
 % Since this file is subject to future updates, the TeX Live installer
 % or human administrator may also create a file
 % /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/texmf.cnf; any settings in this latter file
 % will take precedence over the distributed one.
-% 
+%
 % For security reasons, it is best not to include . in this path.
 %
 % The idea behind this lengthy definition: for each of
@@ -558,13 +558,13 @@ RUBYINPUTS   = $TEXMFDOTDIR;$TEXMF/scripts/{$progname,
 % then the subdirectories ./texmf-local, texmf-dist, ./texmf.
 % At any given installation, most of these directories will not exist,
 % but they all turn out to be useful somewhere.
-% 
+%
 % Special addition -- we want to include one more directory: the
 % great-grandparent's texmf-local, because that is how TL is installed
 % by default.  That is, given a binary
 % /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/bin/PLATFORM/kpsewhich, it should find
 % /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf.  I.e., not under YYYY.
-% 
+%
 % As a result, we cannot use actual brace expansion in the definition,
 % since we don't want to scatter ../'s throughout the value.  Hence we
 % explicitly list every directory.  Arguably more understandable anyway.
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ $SELFAUTOLOC/texmf/web2c,\
 $SELFAUTOLOC/texmf-dist/web2c,\
 $SELFAUTOLOC/texmf/web2c,\
 \
+/var/db/tlpkg,\
 $SELFAUTODIR,\
 $SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf-local/web2c,\
 $SELFAUTODIR/share/texmf-dist/web2c,\
@@ -634,14 +635,14 @@ shell_escape = p
 shell_escape = p
 
 % No spaces in this command list.
-% 
+%
 % The programs listed here are as safe as any we know: they either do
 % not write any output files, respect openout_any, or have hard-coded
 % restrictions similar to or higher than openout_any=p.  They also have
 % no features to invoke arbitrary other programs, and no known
 % exploitable bugs.  All to the best of our knowledge.  They also have
 % practical use for being called from TeX.
-% 
+%
 shell_escape_commands = \
 bibtex,bibtex8,\
 extractbb,\
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@ pool_size = 6250000
 pool_size = 6250000
 % Minimum pool space after TeX's own strings; must be at least
 % 25000 less than pool_size, but doesn't need to be nearly that large.
-string_vacancies = 90000
+string_vacancies = 150000
 % Maximum number of strings.
 max_strings = 500000
 % Min pool space left after loading .fmt.
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@ strings_free = 100
 % expansion works by writing material into the buffer and reparsing the
 % line.  As a consequence, certain constructs require the buffer to be
 % very large, even though most documents can be handled with a small value.
-buf_size = 200000
+buf_size = 300000
 
 % Hyphenation trie.  The maximum possible is 4194303 (ssup_trie_size in
 % the sources), but we don't need that much.  The value here suffices
@@ -837,8 +838,8 @@ hyph_size = 8191        % prime number of hyphenation 
 hyph_size = 8191        % prime number of hyphenation exceptions, >610, <65535
                         % http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/8191.html
                         % dynamically increased as necessary, so not important.
-nest_size = 1000        % simultaneous semantic levels (e.g., groups)
-max_in_open = 15        % simultaneous input files and error insertions, 
+nest_size = 2500        % simultaneous semantic levels (e.g., groups)
+max_in_open = 15        % simultaneous input files and error insertions,
                         % also applies to MetaPost
 param_size = 20000      % simultaneous macro parameters, also applies to MP
 save_size  = 200000     % for saving values outside current group