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Re: Texlive-texmf
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Eric Bavier |
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Re: Texlive-texmf |
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Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:50:24 -0600 |
On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:04:14 +0100
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:41:44 +0100
> > address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> >
> >> Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 06:04:17PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> >> Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:
> >> >> > This was the original reason (plus easier debugging) that I kept the
> >> >> > internal packages -bin and -texmf public; I think it was a mistake,
> >> >> > since it seems to lead to a lot of confusion.
> >> >> > So I will hide both the internal packages one of these days.
> >> >> OK.
> >> >
> >> > Well, in the end this is not so easily possible.
> >> >
> >> > gnuplot depends on texlive-bin as a native-input. I replaced this by
> >> > texlive-minimal, but I think the native input can be dropped completely.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Not sure. Eric added the dependency on TeX Live in 97003b5c.
> >> Eric, WDYT?
> >
> > Gnuplot looks for some binaries to determine whether and where to
> > install some latex sty files. As long as those are still installed with
> > texlive-minimal, that should be fine. I used texlive-bin in order to
> > remove the heavyweight texlive dependency.
>
> Would Gnuplot’s own sty files still be installed if we remove the
> dependency?
gnuplot's configure script will refuse to install the latex cfg for the
epslatex terminal unless those binaries are found. This seems like an
artificial limitation, and could probably be patched out.
> Or are they redundant with what TeX Live provides?
They don't seem redundant, but I honestly don't know exactly what they
are used for.
`~Eric
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/02
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Andreas Enge, 2016/03/02
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/03
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Andreas Enge, 2016/03/05
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/07
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Andreas Enge, 2016/03/07
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Eric Bavier, 2016/03/07
- Re: Texlive-texmf, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/08
- Re: Texlive-texmf,
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