Re: Suggestion for tex-common

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> Hi Frank, hi developers!
>
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
>> >         /var/cache/fonts        
>> >                 .../ls-R
>> >                 .../{pk,source,tfm}
>> > 	/var/lib/texmf
>> >                 .../{ls-R,ls-R-LOCAL,ls-R-TEXMFMAIN}
>> > 	/usr/share/texmf/ls-R
>> > 	/usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
>> 
>> Since the configuration that defines these directories is in tex-common,
>> I think it does make sense.
>
> Here are some diffs. The code was stolen from tetex, obviously.
>
> If we incorporate these things, we probably have to add some Replace,
> COnflict << tetex blabla version, <<texlive blalba version to not get
> any conflicts.

Replaces is enough for tex-common to take over the files, I don't see
why we need to conflict.  On the other hand, the new tetex(-base) and
texlive packages need a versioned Depends on the new tex-common
versions, so that no one ends up with a system without
/var/cache/fonts. 

> These are the changes to tex-common relative to trunk
[...]
> These are the changes to tetex, BUT RELATIVE TO debian !!!!!
> (I have only checked out the debian subdir)

Go ahead and commit this, together with proper changes to the control
files; although I don't object to you doing some tests, I'll take the
responsibility to go through all the
upgrade/remove/install/purge/install cycles in pbuilder.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer