Re: pkg/46698 (TeX packages don't compile, SyncTeX removed?)

[Jörn Clausen <joern.clausen%uni-bielefeld.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46698; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Clausen?= <joern.clausen%uni-bielefeld.de@localhost>
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Cc: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>, 
minskim%NetBSD.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/46698 (TeX packages don't compile, SyncTeX removed?)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:49:09 +0200

 On 22.08.12 21:25, David Holland wrote:
 >   Is there any major reason this isn't instead using textproc/icu?
 
 This is really a mess: xetex includes libicu (and pdftex and graphite) 
 and add it's own method of patching it functionally and to make it work 
 on some OSes (libs/icu/icu-49.1-PATCHES). pkgsrc adds another layer of 
 change to it.
 
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