Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 11:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/36496: [MAINTAINER UPDATE] for editors/texmacs Message-ID: <200203311910.g2VJA3t74815@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/36496; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Geoffrey Mainland <mainland@apeiron.net> Cc: FreeBSD Bugs <freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/36496: [MAINTAINER UPDATE] for editors/texmacs Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 14:08:46 -0500 On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 11:02:04AM -0800, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: >On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 06:10:04PM -0800, Alan Eldridge wrote: >> The following reply was made to PR ports/36496; it has been noted by GNATS. >> >> From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> >> To: Geoffrey Mainland <mainland@apeiron.net> >> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: ports/36496: [MAINTAINER UPDATE] for editors/texmacs >> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:07:12 -0500 >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 09:53:33AM -0800, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: >> > >> >>Number: 36496 >> >>Category: ports >> >>Synopsis: [MAINTAINER UPDATE] for editors/texmacs >> >> Is there a reason why this port still depends on print/latex, thus >> rendering it destabilizing on most systems, which have teTeX installed? >> Could the dependencies be changed to teTeX so people can safely install >> it? > >No, there's no good reason it depends on latex. As an aside, why is >latex destabilizing? Because it installs print/tex. *Almost* all other ports that use tex use teTeX. print/latex and print/tex destroy a teTeX installation, necessitating uninstalling all TeX-related stuff and reinstalling it all. >In any case, new update attached with latex dependency changed to a >tex dependency. And the tex dependency is why I don't want a latex dependency. print/teTeX includes all of tex/latex/texinfo. Port still cannot be safely installed on most systems. Please, can you make it a teTeX dependency? AlanE "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - HST To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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