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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