Re: meta-packages questions

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Predrag Punosevac : > 2. Are you sure that you have to install TeXLive to begin with? I have > heard that lots of people who use ConTeXt have alternative method of > installing ConTeXt to Unix. The ConTeXt minimals are self-contained and don't need TeXlive. They are the recommed way to

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-11-01 Thread Edd Barrett
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:30:39PM -0400, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > > anyway, i am fine with a "monolithic" texlive package, i am > > sure it was difficult to put it together as it is (good > > job Edd). > > I have to admit first that du

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-31 Thread Predrag Punosevac
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > anyway, i am fine with a "monolithic" texlive package, i am > sure it was difficult to put it together as it is (good > job Edd). I have to admit first that due to the nature of my work I have to use LaTeX and plain TeX. I know that ConTe

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-30 Thread Edd Barrett
Hi, On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > anyway, i am fine with a "monolithic" texlive package, i am > sure it was difficult to put it together as it is (good > job Edd). Basically, I don't have time to split all of TL down any further than I already do. You will probably f

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-30 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:28:49AM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:37:30PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > > Did you look at texlive_base? It should be a rather solid base for your > > work. > > In fact, it might suffice to install texlive_base, untar the ConTeXt

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:37:30PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > Did you look at texlive_base? It should be a rather solid base for your > work. > In fact, it might suffice to install texlive_base, untar the ConTeXt > files in /usr/local/share/texmf-local, and (re-)build the ls-R files.

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:38:36PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 09:32:10AM +, Stuart Henderson said that > > perhaps those parts of texlive could be subpackaged or split off... > > > > it's good to try and find ways around conflicts, if anything else > > starts

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:43:29PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > This may be a stupid question, but why? TeXLive already includes > ConTeXt, and it should be possible to split ConTeXt from > texlive_texmf-full into its own package (texlive_texmf-context). all the tex distributions have

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:16:56AM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > i am working on a package that is a collection of more > packages and other 3rd party files. it is analoguos > to a kde or gnome metapackage that basically just installs > all the application and their dependencies (

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 09:32:10AM +, Stuart Henderson said that > perhaps those parts of texlive could be subpackaged or split off... > > it's good to try and find ways around conflicts, if anything else > starts to depend on them, they make things difficult for people using > the system

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-29 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009/10/29 02:16, frantisek holop wrote: > i am trying to put together a context minimals port, > which is basically a minimal tex distribution. it needs > pdftex, luatex, xetex, and other programs that do not > have standalone openbsd ports as i write this. they exist > in texlive but having

Re: meta-packages questions

2009-10-28 Thread frantisek holop
hello there, some more info.. what this metaport is trying to do is quite simple in theory: fetch a fetch b fetch c configure a build a configure b build b copy c make package a_b_c-v1.0 would it be possible to divide this port up into subdirectories, like SUBDIR += a SUBDIR +=

meta-packages questions

2009-10-28 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, i am working on a package that is a collection of more packages and other 3rd party files. it is analoguos to a kde or gnome metapackage that basically just installs all the application and their dependencies (libraries). i am trying to put together a context minimals port, which is ba