From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 10 16:01:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DBB9897 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from osx.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC7AF8FC16 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by osx.kode5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BD815316F9 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:45 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osx.kode5.net Received: from osx.kode5.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osx.kode5.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rbxoivpFukoT for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:44 +0100 (BST) Received: by osx.kode5.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id 80B375316C8; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:44 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-texlive port Message-ID: <20121010160144.GA13359@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20121010015528.GA29059@shellx.eskimo.com> <20121010130144.GA12086@osx.kode5.net> <20121010174925.bf530323.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121010174925.bf530323.freebsd@edvax.de> x-operating-system: Darwin 11.4.2 x86_64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 x-pgp-key: 1D31DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:01:49 -0000 [ Polytropon wrote on Wed 10.Oct'12 at 17:49:25 +0200 ] > On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:01:44 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > If you prefer, you can just use the download dvd or netinstall from the > > texlive website. They have provided binaries for FreeBSD. I installed > > the full TeX distribution myself just the other week on FreeBSD 9. So no > > need to use the ports system if you don't want. > > The only remaining problem will be dependencies within the > port management system, e. g. ports requiring a TeX distribution > which defaults to teTeX... > > By the way, would it be possible or desired to introduce a > setting to /etc/make.conf regarding _which_ TeX distribution > to use, e. g. WITH_TEX=texlive (will install TeXlive) or > WITH_TEX=teTeX (will install teTeX) if a dependency of TeX > is requested? That's a very good point. I recall installing something from ports the other day that needed the binary mktexlsr, and I pointed it at my texlive installation by adding the $PATH to root's shell file, but it didn't work out. I had to let it install the tetex port for it to work. I don't mind having more than one TeX distribution on the system but tetex is just so outdated, it would be nice if ports could be set up in a way that they can use texlive if the user has it installed, either from the ports collection itself or from the main texlive site as I have.