Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 14:47:26 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Cc: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LaTeX2e-97.06 Message-ID: <199711192247.OAA04431@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119153710.8550B-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Nov 19, 97 03:42:31 pm"
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According to John Fieber: > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, David E. Cross wrote: > > > There seems to be a problem with both the package and port LaTeX2e-97.06 > > on 2.2.5-RELEASE, I have reinstalled the package 2 times, and the port > > will not even build. > > I know there was a problem in the past with the packaging of TeX. > When two packages install files with the same name and packages > are made after installing both, at least one of the packages will > contain the incorrect files. > > To do it properly, you would have to build, install, package and > remove each port separately instead of building all, then > packaging all. I don't know if the package building for the > releases was fixed in this respect....if not, I'll bet that is > the problem. > Hmm. The last time I got involved with the TeX world, I spend 4+ months with it; then it was never 100%. Is there any porting tutorial that lists the necessary steps, (1), (2), (3).... (n-1) that will get things built? I tried several months ago (March), and quit when the installation bombed... gary > > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix
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