From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 18:22:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E040106564A for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F0E8FC08 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6EI9QKa040516; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:09:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9ABAABA89; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:09:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:09:26 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Jamie Paul Griffin Message-ID: <20110714180926.GA91458@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <537F9F81-1353-4FA3-B8EF-EF99682F435E@gmail.com> <20110714160816.GA30155@think.gnix.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110714160816.GA30155@think.gnix.co.uk> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:32 -0000 --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You > > can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: > =20 > I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and= amd64 in the 2010 release and installing it is really easy. >=20 > > I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive TeXLive has its own configuration UI because it has a lot of options. It ev= en has its own package manager. I think that makes it a poor fit for the ports infrastructure. > I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the = 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the i= nstallation is headache-free. The only problem is that some ports that use *TeX require teTeX from ports. I've gotten around that by patching the port makefiles in question, = but I have to re-apply those patches every time those ports are updated. Not th= at big of a deal, but something to watch out for. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4fMNYACgkQEnfvsMMhpyX14QCeKd7ejncEGZdidL7LmsMiXR/o X3EAnR0PI5JCf4vR2mgei2H8aF3E76l4 =2UvC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--