Bug#763926: bidi.sty depends on iftex.sty
Package: texlive-lang-arabic
Version: 2014.20140927-1
Hi Norbert,
There's a missing dependency somewhere, it's impossible to use arabxetex
without manually installing texlive-generic-extra. This is due to
bidi.sty using the iftex package:
$ grep iftex /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/bidi/bidi.sty
\RequirePackage{iftex}
$ dpkg -S iftex.sty
texlive-generic-extra: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/iftex/iftex.sty
$ dpkg -S '*/bidi.sty'
texlive-lang-arabic: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/bidi/bidi.sty
$ apt-cache depends texlive-lang-arabic | grep Depends:
Depends: fonts-hosny-amiri
Depends: dpkg
Depends: tex-common
Depends: texlive-base
-- Juliusz
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