Changeset 85b49c6 for pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml

Timestamp:

03/20/2024 11:26:36 PM (2 months ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

lazarus, trunk

Children:

c28dcdf1

Parents:

88f6e30 (diff), 4023404 (diff)
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Message:

Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:blfs into trunk

File:

• pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-date             "20230313"> <!-- in the directory name -->
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-size            "5.5 MB">
-
-  <!ENTITY tl-installer-buildsize        "310 MB for basic TeX and latex, 7.9GB if everything is included">
+  <!ENTITY tl-installer-buildsize        "85 MB MB for plain TeX, typically 2 to 4 MB for latex and later engines, 8.6 GB if everything is included">
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-time            "varies, depending on network speed and traffic">
+<!-- The following commit will change future installs so that the scripts in
+texmf-dist linked from bin/ are copied instead of symlinks.
+
+commit 0c9707142465610f0e22745a22bf8c71850cef49
+Author: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
+Date:   Tue Mar 19 22:03:22 2024 +0000
+
+    (%opts): create the generically-named output files as copies by default.
+    (@cmdline_options): allow -no-copy.
+    (help): document.
+    
+    
+    git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@70707 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
+
+That was done to simplify the process (windows has always used copy) and will likely
+make the installed sizes somewhat bigger.
+
+There is an option \-\-no-copy for updmap.pl, unclear if that can be used here,
+and it might have been removed by next year. -->
 ]>
 
@@ -31 +49 @@
     <para>
       The <application>TeX Live</application> package is a comprehensive
-      TeX document production system.  It includes TeX, LaTeX2e, ConTeXt,
+      TeX document production system.  It includes TeX, LaTeX2e, LuaLaTeX,
       Metafont, MetaPost, BibTeX and many other programs; an extensive
       collection of macros, fonts and documentation; and support for
@@ -50 +68 @@
       There are two reasons why you may wish to install the binaries in BLFS:
       either you need a smaller install (e.g. at a minimum plain TeX without
-      LaTeX2e, ConTeXt, etc), or you wish to use <command>tlmgr</command> to
-      get updates whilst this version is supported (typically, until April of
+      LaTeX, ConTeXt, etc), or you wish to use <command>tlmgr</command> to
+      get updates whilst this version is supported (typically, until March of
       the year after it was released). For the latter, you might prefer to
       install in your <filename class="directory">/home</filename> directory
@@ -58 +76 @@
     </para>
 
-    <!-- editors: latex-test-20230819.tar.xz at ~/ken/tex-testfiles and the
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        If you wish to use ConTeXt with <command>luametatex</command> (most of
+        the old MKII and MKIV code was removed from TeX Live 2023 by the ConTeXt
+        developer), using the binary is probably the easiest option. The source
+        no-longer ships with TeX Live and is poorly adapted to building with
+        systems except those running Mac and Windows. See comments 1 to 5 of
+        <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17823">#17823</ulink>.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
+    <!-- editors: latex-test-20240320.tar.xz at ~/ken/tex-testfiles and the
     ABOUT.pdf now deal with specifying which collections are needed when using
     binary texlive. Please do not sign off this package without at least
-    testing asy to ensure that the symlinks are as needed. Plese also be aware
+    testing asy to ensure that the symlinks are as needed. Please also be aware
     that removing a collection might leave huge backups in tlpkg/backups -->
 
@@ -180 +209 @@
     </para>
 
+    <note>
+     <para>
+       If you have chosen to install the binary as a normal user, the directory
+       for the prefix needs to be writable by that user.  The
+       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can chown
+       <filename class="directory">/opt/texlive/2024</filename> to that
+       user before the user starts the install.<!-- Problem was reported on
+       texlive list, at least ls-R was involved and maybe other files,
+       suggestion was to remove, chown prefix, reinstall. --> If any later
+       change in that directory is made by the <systemitem
+       class="username">root</systemitem> user <emphasis>that will change the
+       ownership</emphasis> which breaks usage by normal users.
+     </para>
+    </note>
+
     <para>
       As with any other package, unpack the installer and change into its
@@ -187 +231 @@
       &lt;CCYYMMDD&gt; by the correct directory name.
     </para>
-
-    <warning>
-      <para>
-        If you have installed any of the luatex programs (luatex, luahbtex,
-        luajitex, luajithbtex) or ConTeXt with the luametatex backend there
-        was a security issue fixed by the introduction of luatex v1.17.0.
-        You should check the version with 'luatex --version' and if it is
-        less than 1.17.0 you can use tlmgr to update.
-      </para>
-    </warning>
 
     <note>