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Date:      Thu, 16 May 2013 18:11:30 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        "A. J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <fonz@skysmurf.nl>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: teTeX and TeXLive
Message-ID:  <CADLo8390abY-q-vHtNpHd_iBSUFf9Wu_3wAe2FNhhsNJ1%2BW6tw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130516123826.GA78510@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
References:  <20130512.033617.598997229420881574.hrs@allbsd.org> <20130516123826.GA78510@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>

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On 16 May 2013 14:02, "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <fonz@skysmurf.nl> wrote:
>
> Hiroki Sato wrote:
>
> >  If you want to use TeXLive, please try to use the following knob:
> >
> >  TEX_DEFAULT= texlive
>  [snip]
> >  Please test TeXLive and send your failure report to me.  Once it is
> >  confirmed that TEX_DEFAULT=texlive works, I will switch the default
> >  value from tetex to texlive at some point.
>
> Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to do any testing myself (busy busy
> busy), but the following issues have been reported on the FreeBSD Forums
> and I'm passing them along here.
>
> If you're not on the Forums and you'd like me to either pass back a
> response or ask followup questions, let me know.

Thanks for your message.... But :)

> AvW
>
> * print/latex-cjk has option DVIPDFMX hardcoded to teTeX stuff.

That is a problem for the latex-cjk port maintainer.

> * print/freetype-tools's RUNDEPEND=t1asm is hard coded to teTeX and
>   conflicted with bulk print/texlive-base's pkg-plist.

That is a problem for the freetype maintainers.

> * print/texlive-base needs to be more modularized to achieve drop-in
>   replacement with teTeX for downstream ports.

This in particular is a long term goal, however I and many others greatly
appreciate Hiroki-san's efforts to bring TeX Live to FreeBSD ports.  It may
come later.

Chris



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