On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 1/8/07, David R. Morrison wrote: > >> Second, it is hard to use an external-to-Fink TeX because Fink puts / >> sw/bin at the head of the PATH. (This is one of the main advantages >> of the current system-tetex package, which allows an external TeX to >> serve in place of Fink's TeX.) However, any user can adjust his or >> her PATH to put /usr/local/bin in front of /sw/bin, which should >> solve that problem. It's not a great solution, at the moment, >> because it isn't easy or automatic. But we've discussed making a >> change in Fink which would let the user, as an option, automatically >> put the Fink directories at the end of the path instead of at the >> beginning. > > I understand why fink puts /sw in front and I think that it's OK > that way. >
Just to clarify this: since /sw is in the front of the path, you can't use another TeX installation if you have Fink's tetex installed, unless you are willing to invoke "tex", "latex" etc. by their full pathnames. That's why I suggested that somebody like you, who needs something different from teTeX, should try things out with something else at the head of the path. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
