diff -up web2c/texmfcnf.lua.orig web2c/texmfcnf.lua
--- ./web2c/texmfcnf.lua.orig	2024-03-30 11:39:30.000000000 -0400
+++ ./web2c/texmfcnf.lua	2024-05-02 23:15:08.737490409 -0400
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ return {
     comment = "ConTeXt MkIV and LMTX configuration file",
     author  = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
     target  = "texlive",
+    -- modified for Fedora, based on Preining Norbert's work in Debian
 
     content = {
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ return {
 
             TEXMFVAR        = "home:" .. hiddentexlivepath .. "/texmf-var",
             TEXMFCONFIG     = "home:" .. hiddentexlivepath .. "/texmf-config",
-            TEXMFSYSVAR     = "selfautoparent:texmf-var",
+            TEXMFSYSVAR     = "/var/lib/texmf",
             TEXMFCACHE      = "$TEXMFSYSVAR;$TEXMFVAR",
 
             -- I don't like this texmf under home and texmf-home would make more sense. One never knows
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ return {
             -- By using prefixes we don't get expanded paths in the cache __path__ entry. This makes the
             -- tex root relocatable.
 
-            TEXMFOS         = "selfautodir:",
+            -- TEXMFOS         = "selfautodir:",
 
             -- standalone:
 
@@ -73,8 +74,9 @@ return {
 
             -- texlive:
 
-            TEXMFDIST       = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist",
-            TEXMFSYSCONFIG  = "selfautoparent:texmf-config",
+            TEXMFDIST       = "/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist",
+            TEXMFFEDORA     = "/usr/share/texmf",
+            TEXMFSYSCONFIG  = "/usr/share/texlive/texmf-config",
 
             -- The texmf-local path is only used for (maybe) some additional configuration file.
 	    -- Changed texmf-local to use ../ per Bruno Voisin,
@@ -86,9 +88,9 @@ return {
 	    -- More info:
 	    --   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Use_the_fonts_you_want
 	    --   https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mtxrun#base and #fontsa
-            TEXMFLOCAL      = "selfautoparent:../texmf-local",
-            TEXMFFONTS      = "selfautoparent:texmf-fonts",
-            TEXMFPROJECT    = "selfautoparent:texmf-project",
+            TEXMFLOCAL      = "/usr/share/texlive/texmf-local",
+         -- TEXMFFONTS      = "selfautoparent:texmf-fonts",
+         -- TEXMFPROJECT    = "selfautoparent:texmf-project",
 
             TEXMFHOME       = "home:texmf",
          -- TEXMFHOME       = os.name == "macosx" and "home:Library/texmf" or "home:texmf",
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ return {
 
             -- texlive:
 
-            TEXMF           = "{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST}",
+            TEXMF           = "{$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFFEDORA,!!$TEXMFDIST}",
 
             TEXFONTMAPS     = ".;$TEXMF/fonts/data//;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{pdftex,dvips}//",
             ENCFONTS        = ".;$TEXMF/fonts/data//;$TEXMF/fonts/enc/{dvips,pdftex}//",