Re: RFS: thailatex (orphaned package for babel-based Thai latex support)
Dear Theppitak!
On Mit, 26 Apr 2006, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote:
> > - You can remove postinst and postrm, the code in there is automatically
> > generated by dh_installtex (update of the ls-r database, and calling
>
> Oh, yes, I didn't notice the package.post{inst,rm}.debhelper
> that are got generated. dh_installtex's manpage doesn't
> mention this additional handling.
>From the man page of dh_installtex:
---
This program automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands
needed to register the fonts with TeX. See dh_installdeb(1) for an
explanation of how this works.
---
Ok, this could be extended. I will do this.
> > Furthermore, please consider adding an alternative dependency for
> > texlive. I don't know exactely what you need from tetex-bin/base, but
> > one option would be
> > tetex-bin | texlive-base-bin, tetex-base | texlive-latex-base
> > (no versions at all necessary as misc:depends brings tex-common)
>
> Can I blindly add the dependency? How compatible is it
> between tetex and texlive?
What do you need from tetex-bin and tetex-base? Only the latex/tex
binary? Are there any files needed?
> Hmm.. Maybe, getting texlive to try is a good idea.
> How can I get it? It's not in sid, right?
in experimental, and an upload to unstable is in process (well, as soon
as my mentor finishes it).
Best wishes
Norbert
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