Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 07:00:17 -0800 (PST) From: Torsten Schneider <fbsd-bug@tschneider.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/47138: ports/latex cannot be installed Message-ID: <200301271500.h0RF0H3x045878@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/47138; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Torsten Schneider <fbsd-bug@tschneider.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
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Subject: Re: ports/47138: ports/latex cannot be installed
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:50:38 +0100
>>>Number: 47138
>>>Category: ports
>>>Synopsis: ports/latex cannot be installed
>Why don't you just install teTeX, which contains latex and all the other
>goodies. This is an obsolete port for an obsolete TeX distribution.
So my next question is: Why does it exist? Nobody needs a port which
does not work at all and which is considered as obsolete.
Does it only exist to increase the number of existing ports?
Torsten
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