Re: [tex-live] Proposal for a tex-base package

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>]

George White wrote:

> What would be nice is a set of dummy packages that satisfy the
> dependencies of the package manager but let you use your own version,
> e.g., using symbolic links for the above list.  The if a user encounters
> a problem they can easily uninstall the tetex-dummy package and install
> the one the distro offers.  This should not prevent them continuing to
> use the local package for normal work, just ensure that the expected 
> bugs are present for things like the R-Project example.
>
>
>  
I think this is already catered for. Packages which have a dependency
on eg "tetex-base" will find that satisfied by one of the texlive 
packages. no
need for dummies.


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