Re: Debian package for PGF 2.10
Hi Faheem
2011/3/14 Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>:
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> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Danai SAE-HAN (韓達耐) wrote:
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>> 2011/3/14 Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>:
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>>> Should one be using dh_installtex instead? I'm not clear about that.
>
>> Indeed. Have a look at "man dh_installtex" (part of "tex-common").
>
>> If the package contains fonts, hyphenation patterns or formats, then check
>> the "complex usage" (but i don't think that's the case with PGF). Otherwise
>> just run "dh_installtex -ppackage" in debian/rules to trigger "mktexlsr".
>> Make sure you get the right dependencies in debian/control (i.e.
>> "tex-common").
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> So this will generate correct postinst and postrm files automatically? That
> seems to be what the man page is saying, but I'm not sure I've understood it
> correctly. Thanks.
Indeed, dh_installtex will take care of updating the ls-R entries on
your system, but the standard paths and the local TEXMF tree.
IOW, you don't have to run "mktexlsr" manually anymore; just rely on
the dh_installtex command to do the work for you.
BR
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Danai
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