From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 22:14:30 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 67101106564A for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2715F8FC08 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id p6FMESYB028268 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:14:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id p6FMESXe028267; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:14:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd81 ([192.168.200.81]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA00436; Fri, 15 Jul 11 15:05:25 PDT Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:05:52 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: frank@shute.org.uk Message-Id: <4e211c30.b+ny5+2P4mv+HMXY%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <537F9F81-1353-4FA3-B8EF-EF99682F435E@gmail.com> <20110714160816.GA30155@think.gnix.co.uk> <20110715080324.GA8392@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110715153142.GA69568@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110715183328.GA53225@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110715183328.GA53225@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, olivares14031@gmail.com 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: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:14:30 -0000 Frank Shute wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:54:26PM +0000, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > ... For regular things, TeTeX is fine, but for bigger projects > > one can't do without texlive. I encountered the same problems > > with default tetex, but installed TeXLive from DVD and I no > > longer have these problems :) > > > > But like Roland says, some ports depend on teTeX still and this > > is where I hope that developers find ways around them :) > > What I did was install TeXLive but keep my teTeX installation. My > $PATH is such that TeXLive binaries are picked up first but the > teTeX installation satisfies those ports that depend on it. which seems kind of hackish, and it doesn't solve the OP's problem of not being able to build teTeX on 8.2 amd64 (unless there's a prior amd64 package to fall back on). Presumably, if TeXLive is truly a drop-in, all a TeXLive "port" needs to do is drop it in and then register it so that other ports know it's available. There's a mechanism in portmaster -- and I imagine in other port-management tools also -- to replace a dependency on port "A" with a dependency on an alternative port "B".