Bug#365216: tetex-base: babel: 00readme.heb (hebrew documentation) is missing, only in tetex-src

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 28.04.06 Frank Küster (frank@debian.org) wrote:

Hi,

> I've had an alternative idea how to fix problems of that sort.
> Currently, we add the files with a patch in debian/patches, or in
> the uuencoded missingfiles.tar.gz if it's a binary file.
> 
> What about build-depending on tetex-src instead, and copying the
> files from its tree into the install tree?  The obvious
> disadvantage is that it requires even more downloading (55MB).  But
> it saves human resources
> - regenerating the missingfiles.tar.gz e.g.
> 
> It would also ease changes to documentation - we could just fix it
> in tetex-src's source, compile the dvi file in its build process,
> and copy that into tetex-doc's install tree.  On the other hand,
> any fix would require two uploads...
> 
Wouldn't that mean, that tetex-base build depends on itself? I've
doubt that this is good idea. 

H.
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