Try LuaTeX when initializing config.texmf_dirs

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         lua-version: ["5.3", "5.4"]
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: Install readline
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libreadline-dev
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install hererocks==0.25.1 -r spec/requirements.txt

bin/digestif.texlua

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ package.cpath = package.cpath:gsub("%f[^\0;]%.[^;]*", ""):gsub(";+", ";"):gsub("
 -- Use an invalid directory name in order not to allow kpse to search
 -- in the current directory.
 os.setenv("TEXMFDOTDIR", package.config:find("^\\") and "NUL" or "/dev/null")
-kpse.set_program_name("luatex")
-local zip = require "zip"
-local archive = kpse.find_file("digestif.zip", "texmfscripts")
+local archive = kpse.new("texlua"):find_file("digestif.zip", "texmfscripts")
   or error("Can't find 'digestif.zip' archive")
+local zip = require "zip"
 local function digestif_searcher(modname)
   local submod = modname:match("^digestif%.(.+)")
   if not submod then return end

digestif/config.lua

@@ -9,28 +9,9 @@ if pre_version then
   config.version = config.version .. "-" .. pre_version
 end
 
-if util.is_command("kpsewhich") then
-  local pipe = io.popen("kpsewhich -var-brace-value=TEXMF")
-  local output = pipe:read("l")
-  local ok, exitt, exitc = pipe:close()
-  if ok and exitt == "exit" and exitc == 0 then
-    config.texmf_dirs = util.imap(
-      function (s) return s:gsub("^!!", "") end,
-      util.path_list_split(output)
-    )
-  elseif config.verbose then
-    util.log("Error running kpsewhich (%s %d)", exitt, exitc)
-  end
-else -- TODO: What should be the default?
-  config.texmf_dirs = {
-    "/usr/local/share/texmf",
-    "/usr/share/texmf",
-    "/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local",
-    "/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist",
-  }
-end
-
-config.data_dirs = {} -- TODO: What should be the default?
+-- TODO: What should be the default?
+config.texmf_dirs = {}
+config.data_dirs = {}
 
 -- Location of a complete texmf distribution, used for instance to
 -- find documentation not installed locally.  Passed to format with
@@ -129,15 +110,38 @@ function config.load_from_env()
     config.data_dirs = util.path_list_split(DIGESTIF_DATA)
   end
 
+  local ok, kpse = pcall(function() return _G.kpse.new("texlua") end)
+  kpse = ok and kpse or nil
   local DIGESTIF_TEXMF = os.getenv("DIGESTIF_TEXMF")
   if DIGESTIF_TEXMF then
     config.texmf_dirs = util.path_list_split(DIGESTIF_TEXMF)
+  elseif kpse then
+    local paths = kpse:expand_braces(kpse:var_value("TEXMF"))
+    config.texmf_dirs = util.imap(
+      function(s) return s:gsub("^!!", "") end,
+      util.path_list_split(paths)
+    )
+  elseif util.is_command("kpsewhich") then
+    local pipe = io.popen("kpsewhich -var-brace-value=TEXMF")
+    local paths = pipe:read("l")
+    local ok, exitt, exitc = pipe:close()
+    if ok and exitt == "exit" and exitc == 0 then
+      config.texmf_dirs = util.imap(
+        function(s) return s:gsub("^!!", "") end,
+        util.path_list_split(paths)
+      )
+    elseif config.verbose then
+      util.log("Error running kpsewhich (%s %d)", exitt, exitc)
+    end
+  end
+  if #config.texmf_dirs == 0 then
+      util.log("Couldn't initialize DIGESTIF_TEXMF")
   end
 
   local DIGESTIF_TLPDB = os.getenv("DIGESTIF_TLPDB")
   if DIGESTIF_TLPDB then
     config.tlpdb_path = util.path_list_split(DIGESTIF_TLPDB)
-  end
+  end -- TODO: copy rest of init from data.lua
 end
 
 function config.check_data(dir)