Re: TeXlive and xdg-utils

[Jerome BENOIT <g6299304p@rezozer.net>]

On 06/07/12 09:27, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> On 06.07.12 Jerome BENOIT (g6299304p@rezozer.net) wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> > I have just updated my Wheezy boxes:
> > I am very surprise to see that texlive-base depends now on xdg-utils.
> >
> > Is it a bug ?
> texlive-base (2012.20120611-2) unstable; urgency=low
>
>    * texdoc: switch from see to xdg-open, change dependency from mime-support
>      to xdg-utils (Closes: #678747)
>    * natbib: fix spurious spaces when using \defcitealias (Closes: #628044)
>
> Looks rather like intention.


Indeed, but it is getting hard now to install a basic TeX on a (free)desktop free computer, hence my email.
Is it possible to use an alternative to xdg-open ?
Is it possible to put texdoc stuff aside texlive-base ?

Jerome


> H.