Re: Font packages for TeX
Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:
> I don't think there's a good solution to this. Calling dpkg -l while
> "dpkg install <long_list> is running might be a bad idea, if it works at
> all. Some hack like "tetex-bin and texlive-basicbin agree to touch
> /var/lib/tex-common/bin_is_configured as their last postinst action"
> looks extremely ugly to me.
>
> So unless there is a general need for this (i.e. not
> TeX-package-specific), and we get a dpkg interface for it, I fear we
> must live with the "takes unnecessary time".
Agreed.
--
Florent
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