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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/share/texmf-site
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:24:34
Message-Id: 20081128102430.2b5ef9aa@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/share/texmf-site by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:18:47 +0100
2 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > >>>>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Andrey Grozin wrote:
5 >
6 > > Some time ago, some Gentoo TeX guru (don't remember who) advised to
7 > > include the following code to the sci-mathematics/maxima ebuild:
8 >
9 > > [...code...]
10 >
11 > This code calls "kpsewhich" which means that the location of files
12 > installed by the ebuild will depend on the user's configuration.
13 > IMHO this is not a sane situation. (And the configuration may even
14 > change after installation of the package.)
15
16 Yes; that's why I always hardcode it. I need to write a "latex package
17 packaging guide" some day...
18
19
20 Alexis.

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