Re: tex-live status

["Pouya D. Tafti" <p.d.tafti%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2009-02-19, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> What is the status of TeX Live in pkgsrc?  I understand that teTeX is
>  not being maintained, but it isn't clear to me what should be installed
>  to get the newer version.  In pkgsrc/print, I see
>
>         tex-bin-texlive texlive-tetex
>
>  but texlive-tetex's Makefile seems to want tex-bin-tetex rather than
>  tex-bin-texlive.  What is the equivalent to print/teTeX?

I created a local package for TeX Live 2008 a while ago.  Didn't
advertise it then because it required one to manually download and
mount the TeX Live DVD and to copy the texmf hierarchy to the right
place.

I'll have a look this evening and try to remember what was needed.

Pouya D. Tafti