From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 21 20:07:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB0716A417 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from smtpclu-3.eunet.yu (smtpclu-3.eunet.yu [194.247.192.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31E913C457 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from nyx.localhost (adsl-230-230.eunet.yu [213.198.230.230]) by smtpclu-3.eunet.yu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6LK7G9e029724; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:07:19 +0200 Message-Id: <200707212007.l6LK7G9e029724@smtpclu-3.eunet.yu> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:02:27 +0200 From: Nikola Lecic To: "Edd Barrett" In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE X-Face: pbl6-.[$G'Fi(Ogs2xlXP-V6{3||$Y[LOYs&~GJoikj'cVjcFC[V7du;;0~6nO= [Vi2?uU1Pq~,=Adj@,T:|"`$AF~il]J.Nz#2pU',Y7.{B;m/?{#sO^Dvo$rnmY6] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-EUNET-AVAS-Milter-Version: 2.0.0 X-AVAS-Virus-Status: clean X-AVAS-Spamd-Symbols: BAYES_50,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-AVAS-Spam-Score: 0.0 Cc: pkgsrc-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TeXLive for Net/FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:38 -0000 Hello Edd, On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:46 +0100 "Edd Barrett" wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Firstly I would like to apologise for the cross-post. I wouldn't > usually do this, but as the message for both lists is identical, It > would have looked like a cross post (even if it wasn't)... Ok, I'm adding Hiroki Sato (hrs@), AFAIK he is currently doing on porting TeXLive to FreeBSD (according to freebsd-ports@ archive). > I have just finished porting TeXLive (A modern TeX distribution to > replace the old teTeX port) to OpenBSD. During the porting process I > documented the how/why and what's of the port; a) So that I can > remember how to do it when the next release of texlive comes out and > b) So that the other BSD's might find the information useful for a > port as our ports (or pkgsrc for NetBSD) systems are similar(ish). Yes, I saw this on texlive mailing list, excellent job! I'd like to ask Hiroki Sato, you and everyone interested/involved in this (and I'm not fluent in OpenBSD ports interface...) for their opinion regarding to what extent are parts of TeXLive (or are about to be) modularised -- i.e. how the new releases of TeXLive elements (e.g. ConTeXt, XeTeX) can be integrated? I use this opportunity to offer a help; I'm particularly interested in XeTeX-related stuff (xetex, (lib)icu-xetex, (lib)graphite-engine, xdvipdfmx) since I use it. For example, development version of xetex (currently not in TeXLive source) includes support for Graphite. I'd like to see (or maybe to maintain, test, or whatever) a xetex-devel port, that can replace standard xetex port (as it is the case with many other applications). > There is a whole load of information and source code relating to the > OpenBSD port on my webpage > (http://students.dec.bmth.ac.uk/ebarrett/texlive/). Just one more question, why do you call TeXLive "LaTeX distribution"? I think that LaTeX is just one part, and by no means the central one. I'm now going to read your document more carefully. Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87