Re: TexLive

[Min Sik Kim <minskim%bawi.org@localhost>]

At Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:40:40 -0500,
Patrick Reich <reichp%austin.rr.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> What exactly IS the status of TL on NetBSD and what are the
> steps involved to install it?

pkgsrc is migrating from teTeX to TeX Live 2008.  TeX engines were all
updated (print/web2c).  TeX/LaTeX formats were updated as well except
metapost and omega/lambda formats.  Most of basic fonts and style
packages are those in TeX Live 2008, but other, less-popular packages
are still teTeX's.

You still need TeX Live packages and teTeX packages to have a
"complete" TeX environment.  The easist way to install them is to
install print/teTeX.  It does not include packages that were not in
teTeX (e.g., tex-IEEEtran) and those should be installed manually.

Do not use texlive-* packages in pkgsrc-wip.  They are not compatible
with tex-* and teTeX-* packages in pkgsrc.

> Is the NetBSD port of TL mature enough to do serious work with or is
> the bulk of the package still in wip?

I've been using them for the last six months and never noticed any
issue.

> Does anyone know if TUG plans to include NetBSD binaries on the 2009
> DVD?

See http://www.tug.org/texlive/build.html.  There is a volunteer
builder for NetBSD/i386.

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Min Sik Kim