--- texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf.orig	2012-09-15 21:49:14.428717795 +0200
+++ texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf	2012-09-15 21:49:21.528620273 +0200
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 % Redistributors will probably want $SELFAUTODIR/share, i.e., /usr/share.
 % Kpathsea sets SELFAUTOLOC (the directory with the binary),
 % SELFAUTODIR (its parent), and SELFAUTOPARENT (its grandparent).
-TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTOPARENT
+TEXMFROOT = $SELFAUTOPARENT/usr/share
 
 % The tree containing runtime files related to the specific
 % distribution and version.
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 TEXMFDIST = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-dist
 
 % Local additions to the distribution trees.
-TEXMFLOCAL = $TEXMFROOT/../texmf-local
+TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTODIR/local/share/texmf
 
 % TEXMFSYSVAR, where *-sys store cached runtime data.
-TEXMFSYSVAR = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-var
+TEXMFSYSVAR = /var/tmp/texmf-var
 
 % TEXMFSYSCONFIG, where *-sys store configuration data.
 TEXMFSYSCONFIG = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-config

.