#2401 MikTeX does not interprete TEXINPUTS properly

[Vincent Belaïche]

There are two problems IMHO:

• First MikTeX always search for includes files in the current directory with highest precedence, even though TEXINPUTS tells to do otherwise, this is demonstrated by scrip bug_miktex1.bat, with this script I get the following interaction:

    >TEXINPUTS< = >.\dummy1;.;<
    MikTex is bugged
    >TEXINPUTS< = >C:\Users\Vincent\AppData\Local\Temp\dummy0\dummy1;.;<
    MikTex is bugged

• Second MikTeX does not look recursively in directories specified as such by TEXINPUTS, this is demonstrated by the second script bug_miktex2.bat, with this scirpt I get the following interaction:

    >TEXINPUTS< = >.;.\dummy1\\;<
    MikTeX is bugged
    >TEXINPUTS< = >.;C:\Users\Vincent\AppData\Local\Temp\dummy0\dummy1\\;<
    MikTeX is bugged

[Christian Schenk]

Please note that MiKTeX does not interpret '\' as a recursion indicator. You must use forward slashes (i.e., '//' instead of '\').

[Christian Schenk]

Environment variables like TEXINPUTS will get a higher precedence in one of the next MiKTeX releases.

[karl koeller]

You tell that this problem has been solved with the Major MiKTeX update dated 12/8/2015, but it doesn't seem so.
Neither TEXINPUTS nor BIBINPUTS, MFINPUTS, MPINPUTS work as expected.

[Christian Schenk]

Yeah, thanks. I will deliver the fix with the next update.

[karl koeller]

Oh yes!!!
With 12/11/2015 updates this issue is solved. Thanks