Bug#607351: texlive-binaries: texdoc aliasing sometimes doesn't work
Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg@elzevir.fr> wrote:
> It just so happens, I got two reports in two days about the config file not
> being found in Debian testing and current Ubuntu. I wonder if it would be
> possible for you to fix this in a 2009-XX version of texlive-base without
> waiting for TL 2011 packages to be ready.
>
> I can see three options:
>
> 1. Install a symlink from /usr/share/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf (where texdoc 0.61
> expects the file) to /etc/texmf/texdoc/texdoc.cnf (its actual location).
That sounds safe and simple.
> 2. Update texdoc to 0.81. This would require to update LUAINPUTS as mentioned in
> my recent message to debian-tex-maint (which would anyway be a good idea imo).
> Other than that, I just tested it and it works like a charm.
We generally don't do that - but if the tool is broken currently, I'm
not generally opposed to that.
> 3. Alternatively, attached is a patch you can apply (with -p2 in
> /usr/share/texmf-texlive/scripts/texdoc) to backport the feature from 0.81 to a
> new 0.61a version. I tested it and found no problem with it.
How much testing did you do?
I will not be able to prepare any patch myself (not even the symlink
one) nor do any testing of texdoc. But if you prepare(d) a patch and
are confident you tested enough (and care for any breakage caused
nevertheless), I'm willing to build and upload a package with the
changes. Or are you a DD (or DM) anyway? Then I wouldn't mind you
doing it (or do it and put you into Uploaders).
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Sprecher B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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