Chris Schram wrote: > I'm trying to run update-all tonight, and fink insists on downloading > texlive-20080822-texmf-delpdf.tar.bz2. It's telling me this monster is > 434MB in size. I'm on a connection that enforces a strict fair access > police. This file is several times my daily bandwidth allotment. > > What IS this thing? > What package(s) need it to run? Maybe I don't need them. > Why does it have to be so fricken big? > > That's the source for texlive, which is huge.
I'm guessing that something on your system has switched a dependency from tetex-texmf to texlive-texmf. You could just try _not_ using update-all to make it easier to figure out what on your system wants texlive-texmf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
