Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:34:53 +1100 (EST) From: Joel Mayes <bluebird_zenith@fastmail.com.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/89441: TeX support in FreeBSD is problematic. Message-ID: <200511230034.jAN0Yr9R044106@bluebird.zenith> Resent-Message-ID: <200511230040.jAN0eRwC034469@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 89441 >Category: ports >Synopsis: TeX support in FreeBSD is problematic. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 23 00:40:27 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joel Mayes >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD bluebird.zenith 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: A the depencies of TeX/LaTeX based ports are a bit odd, for example print/musixtex depends on the print/tex port but will also work correctly with the print/teTeX port which conflicts with the print/tex and the print/latex port, This makes makes writing ports of Tex/LaTeX based software is problematic, for example a piece of software which depends on print/musixtex which currently on print/tex, but also depends on some of the LaTeX extensions bundled with teTeX, but not included in the seperate print/latex port would is not portable. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Does the port system do multiple depends i.e. a program can depends on print/tex OR print/teTeX? >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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