Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:13:06 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 Message-ID: <20110718101306.GA72022@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110718113822.32e63d86.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <537F9F81-1353-4FA3-B8EF-EF99682F435E@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcOncZNJ4Y-NsAfHK4FvK%2BRQUnUyD=9Ne6x_fbX2TomyJQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110714160816.GA30155@think.gnix.co.uk> <20110715080324.GA8392@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAJ5UdcOd-cT8=YdUqUXzLSCwsCwXwPN0FikxTqSkVDTMr5182Q@mail.gmail.com> <20110715235610.GA70906@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110718091913.GA4092@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110718113822.32e63d86.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:38:22AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:19:13 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > If you know of another tex project where teTeX fails, > > please send me the details. I'm keen to patch > > teTeX as far as possible with no major > > changes to TDS, i.e. just adding or updating > > a package. > > If TeXlive is (or becomes) "the LaTeX" (obsoleting teTeX), > there should be a proper integration with the ports system, > e. g. downloading the ISO and running the install scripts > when you do "make install", and even pkg_add should be > possible. > > Furthermore, there should be a way to define dependencies > correctly, e. g. if you've already installed TeXlive, there's > no obvious reason to also install teTeX - except some ports > define it as a dependency. So maybe there could be a switch > to define an override or a preference, e. g. in /etc/make.conf > in a form of LATEX=TEXLIVE or LATEX=TETEX (with a reasonable > default, maybe really =TEXLIVE), and ports depending on > "some LaTeX" should honor this preference. > > Even with our endless hard disks, some users do not see it > as "good practice" to install two functionally nearly > identical software packages. :-) > > I'm writing this as a long-term teTeX user. What I suggested does not in any way interfere with any ongoing work to bring texlive into ports. As long as texlive is not in ports, patching teTeX is useful. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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