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>>>>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Andrey Grozin wrote: |
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> Some time ago, some Gentoo TeX guru (don't remember who) advised to |
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> include the following code to the sci-mathematics/maxima ebuild: |
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> [...code...] |
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This code calls "kpsewhich" which means that the location of files |
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installed by the ebuild will depend on the user's configuration. |
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IMHO this is not a sane situation. (And the configuration may even |
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change after installation of the package.) |
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> So, probably, this code is an unneeded over-generalization, and |
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> should be simply replaced by the hard-coded /usr/share/texmf-site in |
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> both maxima and asymptote. |
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We had similar code in app-emacs/auctex, but replaced it by hardcoded |
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TEXMF="/usr/share/texmf-site" about one year ago. |
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Ulrich |
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