Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:52:05 +0200 From: marekrud@gmail.com To: Nikola =?utf-8?B?TGXEjWnEhw==?= <nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu>, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: biber missing Message-ID: <86pp6vant6.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201504202342.t3KNgYen008313@anthesphoria.net> References: <86mw5ppmw7.fsf@gmail.com> <20150111120419.GZ44537@home.opsec.eu> <20150111120659.GA44537@home.opsec.eu> <86egr1p972.fsf@gmail.com> <20150111165927.GB44537@home.opsec.eu> <86a91o16qa.fsf@gmail.com> <201504202342.t3KNgYen008313@anthesphoria.net>
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Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87 <nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net> writes: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:14:21 +0100 > marekrud@gmail.com wrote: > >> Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu> writes: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> >> If the documentation is present texlive-docs, does it mean that >> >> Biber is missing from one of the texlive packages? >> > >> > Probably, yes. >> > >> >> Or should it get a port on its own? >> > >> > There's an old (2012) discussion at >> > >> > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2012-May/075180.html >> > >> > which suggests that this should be done, yes. >> >> Thanks for the very useful link! > > Sorry for jumping into the thread so late. Thanks for your reply! > The information from that 2012 post is still valid. > > I still regularly build biber for FreeBSD and, as far as I know, I > am the only person doing that. I've just uploaded the 2.0 binaries: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/2.0/= binaries/FreeBSD/ > http://anthesphoria.net/FreeBSD/Biber/2.0/ For the record/reference: I noticed that it's necessary to match the versions of biblatex and biber. With the up-to-date packages (biblatex v2.8a), I had to install biber v1.8 and not the newest one. > These portable binaries will be part of upcoming TeX Live 2015. Great! > Using these binaries remains the only easy way to install biber on > FreeBSD, unless you want to do the messy and complex build yourself. Thank you! Would it be possible for you to sign the binaries with the PGP key (e.g., with the one mentioned below). The thing is, that I'm always a little bit reluctant to run binaries from unofficial repositories. With the veritable signature, we could be assured that the file was not tempered by some else. Best regards, Marek > Best, > -- > Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87 =3D =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=BB=D0=B0 =D0=9B=D0= =B5=D1=87=D0=B8=D1=9B > fingerprint : FEF3 66AF C90E EDC3 D878 7CDC 956D F4AB A377 1C9B > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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