Bug#539482: texlive-base-bin: bibtex should use the alternatives system
Jakub Wilk wrote:
> There are currently at least 2 working bibtex implementations in Debian,
> i.e. nbibtex and TeX Live's one, and there's going to be more (see bugs
> #412085, #535116).
>
> Therefore, I believe it would be a good idea for TeX Live's bibtex to
> start using the Debian alternatives system, so that other
> implementations could be made available under the /usr/bin/bibtex and
> /usr/share/man/man1/bibtex.1.gz names.
Does all the bibtex implementations have the same interface (ie the same
command-line options) ?
It is required if want to be able to use alternatives.
Regards
Vincent
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