Bug#350992: (Not) Moving all stuff to TEXMFDIST
Frank Küster wrote:
> Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@web.de> wrote:
>
>> [including #350992 again that I had removed previously by accident]
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 18:36 +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
>>> On Son, 19 Feb 2006, Ralf Stubner wrote:
>>> > Indeed it looks as if the mktex* in TEXMFMAIN/web2c as well as their
>>> > configuration files mktex*.opt are explicitly searched in TEXMFMAIN.
>>> > Therefore I would suggest to keep them there. The same for tcfmgr and
>>> > related files in TEXMFMAIN/texconfig.
>>>
>>> Good, can we create a list?
>
> I have added a remark in the Policy, but I guess we'd rather not include
> the list there, okay?
Yes. The list is useful for coordinating, but not policy material.
>> If we decide to keep pool files in TEXMFMAIN, this requirement should be
>> documented in the TeX Policy.
>
> The sentence is:
>
> Instead, the basic TeX packages install their files into their TEXMFDIST
> directories [1] , while TEXMFMAIN is used by TeX add-on packages for
> their files and allows them to shadow older versions provided by the
> - basic TeX packages.
> + basic TeX packages. A couple of files from the basic TeX packages still
> + need to be placed in TEXMFMAIN [2].
>
> with the footnote [2]:
>
> Reasons include hardcoded paths in executables as well as the need for
> e.g. pool files to exactly match the binaries' version, so that
> shadowing must be prevented.
Looks good.
cheerio
ralf
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