Major reorganization of TeX Live packages

[Neal Becker]

xelatex issue?

I don't know much about xelatex, so maybe user error, but:

 xelatex python-intro.tex 
.....
warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories:
/usr/bin:/usr:/:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-
local/web2c://share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-
local/web2c://texmf-
local/web2c:/etc/texmf/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
Trying to proceed...
[2] [3] (./python-intro.aux)
Output file removed.

Why is it looking everywhere except the right place?
I tried removing all .aux, .toc, etc.