On Apr 21, 2008, at 3:34 AM, Thibaut Cousin wrote: > Hello, > > Now that TeTeX has been deprecated and time has passed, I need to > use TeXLive, for compatibility with my coworkers. > I was really disappointed that the system-tex package in Fink has > been removed. Because of that, I would have two TeX distributions on > my system, an old TeTeX pulled because of package dependencies in > Fink, and th MacTeX distribution. It's too big, I can't do that. > > Therefore I have two choices: either I completely remove Fink > because it isn't able to manage dependencies, or I can recreate a > system-tex package. > > I'd much prefer the latter... How can I make a system-tex package > as it existed before? > > -- > Thibaut Cousin > http://www.thibaut-cousin.net
I'm curious how many packages could get by without an explicit TeX dependence at all. For example, LyX seems happy to let the user configure it to use an arbitrary TeX distro, as does TeXShop. I'm sure we can't cover every TeX-oriented package in Fink, of course, but I'm all in favor of pushing the responsibility for this onto the user. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
