Re: packages and TeXLive revisions

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 08:49:35AM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
> So I believe this is the basic idea of what happens based upon the contents 
> of print/texlive/package.mk:
> 
> - If TEXLIVE_REV is not defined, the DIST_SUBDIR is ${PKGNAME_NOREV}, i.e., 
> basically the normal package name.
> - If TEXLIVE_REV is defined, the DIST_SUBDIR is ${PKGBASE} without any -doc 
> suffix plus TEXLIVE_REV.
> 
> I think this means the following:
> 
> - If the package has a proper version, include that in the definition of 
> PKGNAME and do not define TEXLIVE_REV (use a comment instead).
> - If the package has no version, do not include any version in PKGNAME and 
> define TEXLIVE_REV from the tlpkg/tlpobj/*.tlpobj file.
> - There is no need to make any reference to DIST_SUBDIR as it will be set 
> automatically.
> 
> Perhaps that just repeats what you said, but I wanted to be more explicit for 
> future reference.  Does this sound about right?

That sounds about right. If you can find a good section in the pkgsrc
guide, can you please add it there?

Thanks,
 Thomas