[Debian-tex-commits] SVN tex-common commit + diffs: r2729 - in
tex-common/trunk: debian doc
Norbert Preining
preining at alioth.debian.org
Wed Apr 25 06:17:35 UTC 2007
Author: preining
Date: 2007-04-25 06:17:35 +0000 (Wed, 25 Apr 2007)
New Revision: 2729
Modified:
tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
tex-common/trunk/doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml
Log:
rework TeX on Debian a bit not mentioning tetex
Modified: tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2007-04-25 05:58:01 UTC (rev 2728)
+++ tex-common/trunk/debian/changelog 2007-04-25 06:17:35 UTC (rev 2729)
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
* make proper ucfr checking in maintainer scripts (Closes: #409897) [np]
* rework the code generated by dh_installtex in the postinst script.
Now at postinst/configure time fmtutil-sys is called with
- --all --cnffile <file>
+ --all --cnffile <file>
where <file> are the fmt.d config files installed by the package. This
way a dpkg-reconfigure will create *all* formats defined in the config
file, even if the sysadm has defined additional formats.
(Closes: #418983) [np]
* Update snippets in texmf.d according to a reordering patch accepted
upstream [fk]
+ * (first) rework of Debian-on-TeX document for TeX Live only [np]
- -- Frank Küster <frank at debian.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:40:08 +0200
+ -- Norbert Preining <preining at debian.org> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:17:02 +0200
tex-common (1.7) unstable; urgency=low
Modified: tex-common/trunk/doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml
===================================================================
--- tex-common/trunk/doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml 2007-04-25 05:58:01 UTC (rev 2728)
+++ tex-common/trunk/doc/TeX-on-Debian.sgml 2007-04-25 06:17:35 UTC (rev 2729)
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
<abstract>
This document covers Debian-specific information for <em>users</em> of
- the Debian teTeX packages (<package>tetex-bin</package>,
- <package>tetex-base</package>, <package>tetex-extra</package>,
- <package>tetex-doc</package>, <package>tetex-doc-nonfree</package> and
- <package>tetex-src</package>) and Debian TeX Live packages (all
+ the Debian TeX Live packages (all
packages named <package>texlive-something</package>).
Further information, especially for
<em>developers</em>, can be found in the Debian TeX Policy draft in
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@
<copyright>
<copyrightsummary>
- Copyright © 2004-2006 Frank Küster, Florent Rougon,
+ Copyright © 2004-2007 Frank Küster, Florent Rougon,
Norbert Preining
</copyrightsummary>
<p>
@@ -63,57 +60,7 @@
<heading>Overview of the packages</heading>
<p>
- The Debian teTeX packages are comprised of:
- <taglist>
- <tag><package>tetex-bin</package></tag>
- <item>
- provides the binary files
- </item>
-
- <tag><package>tetex-base</package></tag>
- <item>
- provides the most basic TeX and LaTeX input files, and will be
- sufficient for some simple documents, e.g. to build the
- documentation of other Debian packages (hopefully)
- </item>
-
- <tag><package>tetex-extra</package></tag
- <item>
- contains lots of fonts and add-on packages for LaTeX and TeX
- development. If you want to use LaTeX to write and format your own
- documents, you will probably need many of these.
- </item>
-
- <tag><package>tetex-doc</package></tag>
- <item>
- the free part (according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines)
- of the documentation for <package>tetex-bin</package>,
- <package>tetex-base</package> and <package>tetex-extra</package>.
- It is not needed to build existing documents, but as an author,
- you will for sure want to install it.
- </item>
-
- <tag><package>tetex-doc-nonfree</package></tag>
- <item>
- the non-free part (according to the Debian Free Software
- Guidelines) of the documentation for <package>tetex-bin</package>,
- <package>tetex-base</package> and <package>tetex-extra</package>
- </item>
-
- <tag><package>tetex-src</package></tag>
- <item>
- the sources (i.e., <file>.dtx</file> files) of all the TeX/LaTeX
- files in <package>tetex-base</package> and
- <package>tetex-extra</package>, and of the documentation in
- <package>tetex-doc</package>. This package will only be needed by
- (La)TeX developers, or if you want to look up licensing
- information.
- </item>
- </taglist>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The Debian TeX Live packages are comprised of (currently) 76 packages
+ The Debian TeX Live packages are comprised of (currently) 80 packages
in total. The most important are:
<taglist>
<tag><package>texlive-base-bin</package></tag>
@@ -141,11 +88,6 @@
special requirements
</item>
- <tag><package>texlive-context</package></tag>
- <item>
- the complete ConTeXt environment
- </item>
-
<tag><package>texlive</package></tag>
<item>
a meta-package depending on a decent selection of
@@ -266,7 +208,7 @@
<tag><var>TEXMFDIST</var></tag>
<item>
<p>
- Default location: <file>/usr/share/texmf-{tetex,texlive}</file>
+ Default location: <file>/usr/share/texmf-texlive</file>
</p>
<p>
Contains system-wide, <prgn>dpkg</prgn>-managed input files
@@ -301,7 +243,7 @@
<sect1>
<heading>System-wide versus user-specific configuration</heading>
<p>
- TeX Live as well as, since version 3.0, teTeX, supports a
+ TeX Live supports a
complete user-specific configuration setup in the user's
home directory. System administrators must use the
commands <prgn>texconfig-sys</prgn>,
@@ -333,7 +275,7 @@
or <var>TEXMFCONFIG</var> of a particular user. However,
local admins can take any file they want from
the <var>TEXMFDIST</var>
- (<file>/usr/share/texmf-tetex</file>)
+ (<file>/usr/share/texmf-texlive</file>)
or <var>TEXMFMAIN</var> (<file>/usr/share/texmf</file>)
trees and put changed copies into the respective
directories below <file>/etc/texmf</file>
@@ -388,27 +330,11 @@
</p>
<p>
- For users of the norwegian language and teTeX, there are several
- alternatives. For norwegian, there are different sets of patterns,
- and upstream chose <file>nohyphb.tex</file>. Details can be found in
- <file>/usr/share/texmf/doc/generic/nohyph/README.nohyph</file>—you
- can choose another one by editing <file>language.dat</file> or
- rather <file>/etc/texmf/language.d/01tetex.cnf</file>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- For users of the ukranian language (with teTeX and TeX
- live), the right pattern file depends on the output encoding
- (see <file>/usr/share/texmf-{tetex,texlive}/tex/generic/ukrhyph/ukrhyph.tex</file>);
+ For users of the ukranian language,
+ the right pattern file depends on the output encoding
+ (see <file>/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/ukrhyph/ukrhyph.tex</file>);
you can also choose different rule sets in the file.
</p>
- <p>
- There are currently no free hyphenation patterns for british
- english. Before enabling british/UKenglish, you need to get the
- non-free ukhyphen.tex - otherwise the format generation will
- fail. Don't forget to complain to the UK TUG about how
- annoying this is...
- </p>
<sect id="sec-core-config-files">
<heading>
@@ -808,7 +734,7 @@
<var>typeface</var> refers to the name of the font family (e.g.,
<tt>marvosym</tt> or <tt>lm</tt>). If in doubt, you should have a
look at the system trees managed by Debian packages,
- <file>/usr/share/texmf</file>, <file>/usr/share/texmf-tetex</file>
+ <file>/usr/share/texmf</file>, <file>/usr/share/texmf-texlive</file>
and <file>/usr/share/texmf-texlive</file>; they follow the same
layout, called the TeX Directory Structure (which is documented at
<url id="http://www.tug.org/tds/" name="&urlname">).
@@ -1041,14 +967,6 @@
</item>
<item>
- For <tt>amstex</tt>, <prgn>metapost</prgn>, <tt>eurosym</tt>,
- <prgn>texdoctk</prgn>, <tt>txfonts</tt>, <tt>pxfonts</tt>, etc.,
- you need <package>tetex-extra</package> at present.
- (<prgn>pdftex</prgn>/<prgn>pdflatex</prgn> should work basically
- only with <package>tetex-base</package> now.)
- </item>
-
- <item>
Is your <file>language.dat</file> correct?
</item>
</list>
@@ -1105,9 +1023,7 @@
of <package>tetex-base</package>.
<item>
- Note that teTeX is not further developed upstream, and new
- features will only be integrated in TeX Live. The Debian
- maintainers will not include anything in the TeX Live
+ The Debian maintainers will not include anything in the TeX Live
packages that is not already in TeX Live upstream.
</item>
</list>
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