Bug 196246 - texlive: improve texlinks usage
Bug#: 196246 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: tex@gentoo.org Reported By: aballier@gentoo.org
Component: Applications
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Summary: texlive: improve texlinks usage
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2007-10-18 07:34 0000
Description:   Opened: 2007-10-18 07:34 0000
tetex and the current texlive ebuilds use texlinks for creating symlinks from
formats to engines, like latex -> pdftex in /usr/bin for texlive.

The problem of handling files via texlinks is that those files are not under
the control of portage, thus unmerging tetex or texlive leaves the symlinks
around, pointing to nothing.
I'm almost finished writing/importing the functions of texlinks in the eclass
and creating the symlinks there, so that they will be in CONTENTS.

The drawback of doing this is that if somebody had a previously installed
version, that will cause collisions with those files that are on the system and
don't belong to any package.

As migrating to texlive will be a big step, I think it's the right time to fix
that.

------- Comment #1 From Alexis Ballier 2007-10-21 11:32:09 0000 -------
this is now fixed by using etexlinks from texlive-common.eclass