Re: Bug#665479: texlive-binaries: /usr/bin/platex missing which was previously found in ptex-bin

[Youhei SASAKI <uwabami@gfd-dennou.org>]

Hi, Norbert, Yoshino-san

Norbert: Why do you close #665479?

At Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:39:55 +0900,
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>
> On So, 25 MÀr 2012, YOSHINO Yoshihito wrote:
> > This package does not provide /usr/bin/platex.
> > This command used to be included in ptex-bin,
> > which this package Conflicts/Replaces and Provides.

I think, YOSHINO want to say:

  - Old ptex-bin provides *both* /usr/bin/ptex-bin and /usr/bin/platex

  - New texlive-binaries provides, replaces ptex-bin. However this
    pacakage provides /usr/bin/ptex-bin only. So new texlive-binaries does
    not replace old ptex-bin collectly.

Is it rights? > Yoshino-san

> apt-get install texlive-lang-cjk
>
> If you install *only* ptex-bin you will not get a working system,
> you need ptex-base. And texlive-lang-cjk provides ptex-base.

Yes, you are rights in order to *use* platex, but may be somthing wrong
when upgrade from squeeze to wheezy because both old ptex-bin and
texlive-binaries don't depends texlive-lang-cjk.

I would like to propose as follows:
  - Create transitional package "ptex-bin", which depends both
    texlive-binaries and texlive-lang-cjk.
  - texlive-binaries does not provides ptex-bin, conflict old ptex-bin.
  - (optinal) I'll send rm request to ptex-base, ptex-buildsupport, ...

Best Wishes
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