Bugzilla Bug 196745

Since the tetex is not longer the only tex distribution in gentoo the use flag
should be renamed in ebuilds (if the support is for tex not for tetex
specificly).

Reproducible: Always

do you have a list of packages where it would make sense to rename the tetex
useflag to tex ?

There are probably many others useflag names that would be more explicit:
kpathsea, latex, dvi, etc.

Packages having a tetex useflag:


app-doc/doxygen
app-emacs/bbdb
app-office/lyx
app-text/a2ps
app-text/docbook-sgml-utils
app-text/linuxdoc-tools
app-text/sgmltools-lite
dev-lang/swi-prolog
dev-python/matplotlib
dev-python/pyopenssl 
kde-base/kdegraphics
kde-base/kdvi/kdvi 
media-libs/allegro
media-libs/freetype/freetype-1.3.1-r5.ebuild nls tetex 
sci-libs/plplot
sci-mathematics/maxima
sci-mathematics/octave
sci-physics/jaxodraw
sci-visualization/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.2.2.ebuild
www-servers/boa
xfce-extra/thunar-thumbnailers

app-office/grisbi:print - Enable TeX and printing support

That's what I found.

Hi teams,

you all have USE=tetex on the below packages, which is not describing
capabilities but a bundle to achieve it.  teTeX won't be the standard
installation for TeX in the near future on Gentoo, it is deprecated and we
should all switch to TeXLive.
 So please check what your tetex USE flag is for and adjust it to one of the
following:

latex -- install LaTeX support files or enable support for it in the program
dvi -- add support for the dvi format for displaying or output
kpathsea -- use kpathsea library for file lookup
tex -- install plain TeX support files or enable support for it in the program

If none of the above matches your needs, think of something yourself or ask
here.  There are other TeX formats or variants as ConTeXt, XeTeX and the like,
so have a close look which one is met here.
 The dependency has to be adjusted, too.  If there is only need for the core
LaTeX functionality you can switch to virtual/latex-base, else stay with
virtual/tetex until the new virtual/latex-full is introduced to the tree.
 Remove yourself as soon as you fixed it AND no USE flag with tetex is still in
the tree.  Make stabilisation bugs block of this one.

dev-tools, nerdboy:
app-doc/doxygen

emacs:
app-emacs/bbdb

cjk, tex:
app-office/lyx

cjk, printing:
app-text/a2ps

sgml:
app-text/docbook-sgml-utils
app-text/linuxdoc-tools
app-text/sgmltools-lite

prolog:
dev-lang/swi-prolog

python:
dev-python/matplotlib
dev-python/pyopenssl 

kde:
kde-base/kdegraphics
kde-base/kdvi/kdvi 

games:
media-libs/allegro

fonts:
media-libs/freetype

sci, cryos:
sci-libs/plplot

sci-mathematics:
sci-mathematics/maxima

sci-mathematics, metalgod:
sci-mathematics/octave

nelchael, java:
sci-physics/jaxodraw

sci, opfer:
sci-visualization/gnuplot
(already fixed in 4.2.2-r1)

www-servers (?), maintainer-needed:
www-servers/boa

xfce:
xfce-extra/thunar-thumbnailers

gnome-office:
app-office/grisbi:print <- please check that USE flag, description reads as
"Enable TeX and printing support"

I just fixed,

sci-mathematics/octave
sci-mathematics/maxima

thanks,
Markus

(In reply to comment #2)
> Packages having a tetex useflag:
> xfce-extra/thunar-thumbnailers

Converted to virtual/latex-base with USE latex since it's a script calling
latex to generate thumbnails.

dev-lang/swi-prolog fixed in CVS. Thanks for the guidance.

USE=latex will probably become a global one, but if you introduce some of the
minor USE flags, think about having a time of both tetex and your new.  If
users have set USE=tetex, notice them by ewarn that USE=tetex is deprecated.

app-emacs/bbdb fixed; it has IUSE=tex and will keep IUSE=tetex for a transition
period.

However, I think the tex flag is of limited use as long as there is no
virtual/tex-base and one has to pull in latex-base with it.

If bbdb should end up as the only package in the tree with IUSE=tex, then we
may consider using the latex flag instead.

(In reply to comment #9)
> However, I think the tex flag is of limited use as long as there is no
> virtual/tex-base and one has to pull in latex-base with it.

if you think it is a good idea, just fire a mail to -dev to ask for it; you
already have my support for it, I was using it in my texlive overlay before
merging to the tree but didn't push for it as latex-base was sufficient and
simpler.
Note: packages using only kpathsea can benefit from this virtual also.

freetype changed to USE=latex.

[This is a follow-up summary so we have all information in one place:
- new reference to virtual/tex-base to be introduced this week
- having tetex and new USE flag side by side
- straighten language]

Hi teams,

you all have USE=tetex on the below packages, which is not describing
capabilities but a bundle to achieve it.  teTeX won't be the standard
installation for TeX in the near future on Gentoo, it is deprecated and we
should all switch to TeXLive.
 So please check what your tetex USE flag is for and adjust it to one of the
following:

latex -- install LaTeX support files or enable support for it in the program
(virtual/latex-base)
dvi -- add support for the dvi format for displaying or output
kpathsea -- use kpathsea library for file lookup (virtual/tex-base)
tex -- install TeX (only TeX nothing like LaTeX!) support files or enable
support for it in the program (virtual/tex-base)

If none of the above matches your needs, think of something yourself or ask
here.  There are other TeX formats or variants as ConTeXt, XeTeX and the like,
so have a close look which one is met here.
 Maybe take into account having two USE flags with same functionality for some
time: E.g. IUSE="tetex latex", where USE=tetex gives out a warning about
deprecation by ewarn.
 The dependency has to be adjusted, too.  For example if there is only need for
the core LaTeX functionality you can switch to virtual/latex-base, else stay
with virtual/tetex until the new virtual/latex-full is introduced to the tree.
 Remove yourself as soon as you fixed it AND no USE flag with tetex is still in
the tree.  Make stabilisation bugs block this one.

dev-tools, nerdboy:
app-doc/doxygen

cjk, tex:
app-office/lyx

cjk, printing:
app-text/a2ps

sgml:
app-text/docbook-sgml-utils
app-text/linuxdoc-tools
app-text/sgmltools-lite

python:
dev-python/matplotlib
dev-python/pyopenssl 

kde:
kde-base/kdegraphics
kde-base/kdvi/kdvi 

games:
media-libs/allegro

sci, cryos:
sci-libs/plplot

nelchael, java:
sci-physics/jaxodraw

www-servers (?), maintainer-needed:
www-servers/boa

gnome-office:
app-office/grisbi:print <- please check that USE flag, description reads as
"Enable TeX and printing support"

(In reply to comment #12)
> python:
> dev-python/matplotlib
> dev-python/pyopenssl 

matplotlib's tetex USE flag has been renamed to dvi.
pyopenssl's tetex USE flag has already been renamed to doc in the latest
version. I've made the change in previous versions as well.

> matplotlib's tetex USE flag has been renamed to dvi.
sorry about this, changed to latex and added virtual/latex-base together with
virtual/ghostscript to DEPEND. It requires a working latex installation and
ghostscript for latex support.

Update: What packages are left?

nerdboy, dev-tools:
   app-doc/doxygen

printing, cjk:
   app-text/a2ps

sgml:
   app-text/docbook-sgml-utils
   app-text/linuxdoc-tools
   app-text/sgmltools-lite

kde:
   kde-base/kdegraphics
   kde-base/kdvi

games:
   media-libs/allegro

cryos, sci:
   sci-libs/plplot

nelchael, java:
   sci-physics/jaxodraw

maintainer-needed, www-servers:
   www-servers/boa

sci-libs/plplot-5.5.2 : tetex has been renamed to local jadetex

www-servers/boa fixed

app-text/a2ps fixed, USE=tetex had no effect and automagic dependencies up to
now.

sci-physics/jaxodraw fixed.

media-libs/allegro done

I've recently emerged texlive on x86 stable, this is the list of the useflags I
had to toggle to prevent tetex from blocking:

=media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.18-r6 -doc
=kde-base/kopete-3.5.8 -latex
=kde-base/kdvi-3.5.8 -tetex
=app-text/evince-2.20.2 -dvi
=app-crypt/mit-krb5-1.6.3-r1 -doc
=app-doc/doxygen-1.5.4 -tetex

Some of these might be fixed in ~x86, but I didn't check...
In addition, I needed to add the following keyword:

=app-text/mftrace-1.2.13 ~x86 x86

grisbi claims to need "LaTeX with unicode support" for printing.  The use flag
description should probably just say printing, and it should probably be an
RDEPEND and not also a DEPEND, but those are only minor issues, I think.  The
bigger issue it the dep itself: it's currently virtual/tetex and
>=dev-tex/latex-unicode-20041017.  Is there anything wrong with this dep?  If
so, what should we change it to?

(In reply to comment #22)
> grisbi claims to need "LaTeX with unicode support" for printing.  The use flag
> description should probably just say printing, and it should probably be an
> RDEPEND and not also a DEPEND, but those are only minor issues, I think.  The
> bigger issue it the dep itself: it's currently virtual/tetex and
> >=dev-tex/latex-unicode-20041017.  Is there anything wrong with this dep? 

well latex-unicode is included as ucs in texlive-latexrecommended but I had
failures without texlive-latexextra.

What I would use as dep would be:
virutal/latex-base
|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra >=dev-tex/latex-unicode-20041017 )


and everything should be fine

Okay, grisbi is done.

Update: What packages are left?

nerdboy, dev-tools:
   app-doc/doxygen

sgml:
   app-text/docbook-sgml-utils
   app-text/linuxdoc-tools
   app-text/sgmltools-lite

kde:
   kde-base/kdegraphics
   kde-base/kdvi

doxygen long time fixed by nerdboy.

KDE team, will you fix your two packages or can someone else do it?

All packages done for sgml.

All fixed, closing.  reopen if you spot one I haven't

*** Bug 223597 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***