Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:23:36 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Denny Lin <dennylin93@hs.ntnu.edu.tw> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] TexLive port Message-ID: <5031F408.4040800@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20120820081651.GI57907@mail.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> References: <50170F2E.2060804@bsdforen.de> <50276571.5070709@bsdforen.de> <5031EC66.8020807@bsdforen.de> <20120820081651.GI57907@mail.hs.ntnu.edu.tw>
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On 20/08/2012 10:16, Denny Lin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:51:02AM +0200, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> On 12/08/2012 10:12, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>> On 31/07/2012 00:48, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>>> I have a well working TexLive 2012 port, intended to be a replacement >>>> for teTex. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Because a lot of things depend on a working TeX install I'd like to >>>> have some volunteers in a week. >>> >>> Here we go: >>> http://www.home.hs-karlsruhe.de/~fado1011/texlive/ >> >> I'm about ready now. I just need to complete the CONFLICTS. Clearly >> just anything with teTeX in the name isn't enough. I think I need >> help figuring this out. >> >> Or at least a recommendation. Should I go ahead with a PR and just >> add ports as people report problems? > > Sorry, I must have missed this part in my previous email. The CONFLICTS > you have should cover everything. I'm just speculating that the > transition would have been smoother if the teTeX ports were deleted in > one go before replacing them with portmaster. > I have run into problems with portmaster. The problem is that it doesn't check whether a dependency is satisfied. It just goes ahead and installs them. I think a dependency like: latex:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base shouldn't cause portmaster to install teTeX-base. Not if a latex binary is already available. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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