Re: SVN tetex commit: r262 - tex-common/trunk/doc
Frank Küster <frank@costa.debian.org> wrote:
> Author: frank
> Date: 2005-10-18 11:36:53 +0000 (Tue, 18 Oct 2005)
> New Revision: 262
>
> Modified:
> tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml
> Log:
> Some "editorial changes" to the Policy, see accompanying mail
Here are comments to some of the hunks:
--- tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml 2005-10-18 11:10:08 UTC (rev 261)
+++ tex-common/trunk/doc/Debian-TeX-Policy.sgml 2005-10-18 11:36:53 UTC (rev 262)
<file>/etc/texmf</file>. The system-wide
<var>TEXMFSYSCONFIG</var> tree, if defined, must be the same
as the <var>TEXMFMAIN</var> tree; a TeX-related package must
- not change this.
+ not change this. In the future,
+ <file>/etc/texmf</file> might become a separate, additional
+ <var>TEXMF</var> tree <var>TEXMFSYSCONFIG</var>; a TeX-related
+ package should try to not rely on either setup.
</p>
We should leave us the possibility to make such a decision, and inform
the users/developers.
@@ -247,7 +246,8 @@
<p>An exception is the generated file
<file>/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf</file>. It is not intended that
local administrators edit that file, but if they do, the
- configuration update programs must respect these changes.</p>
+ configuration update programs must respect these changes.
+ Debian packages must not alter that file.</p>
I think this should be must :-)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
<file>fmtutil.cnf</file>, this is the only
method of configuration. <file>texmf.cnf</file> can be edited
manually by local system administrators, and changes will be
- handled by ucf. Package installation scripts, however, should
+ handled by ucf. Package installation scripts, however, must
not change this file, but use the <prgn>update-texmf</prgn>
mechanism. Local administrators are encouraged to use the
<prgn>update-texmf</prgn> mechanism, too.
Again.
Does anybody see a reason to keep it as "should" - yes, I do. The tetex
packages themselves do that, they force the introduction of VARTEXMF.
But I think if we still need this for etch, it should be switched to
tex-common, and for every other package it is a must clause.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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