Changeset 1e7ef03 for pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml

Timestamp:

06/23/2015 02:21:55 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

894bbb4

Parents:

17474ba

Message:

texlive: a few minor improvements before I start on the TL2015 changes

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@16149 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml

@@ -25 +25 @@
   source, or because they only want a part of the package, or perhaps because
   they wish to get updates as soon as those are available (the source is only
-  updated annually). These people should follow the <xref
+  updated annually, but the binaries and associated TeX files are updated for
+  approximately 10 months). These people should follow the <xref
   linkend="tl-installer"/> instructions,. After installing, they can run
   <command>tlmgr</command> to update their system.</para>
@@ -38 +39 @@
   supporting files. This almost-complete install can then be used to build the
   remaining parts of <application>texlive</application>, <xref
-  linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref linkend="xindy"/> and <xref linkend="biber"/>.
+  linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref linkend="biber"/> and <xref linkend="xindy"/>.
   </para>
 
@@ -51 +52 @@
   <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for convenience.</para>
 
+  <para>Also, please note that texlive is released annually, and updating from the
+  previous year to the current year is no longer supported. If for some reason
+  you wish to keep versions for multiple years, for most things you can mount the
+  old or new system at /opt/texlive and fix up your PATH as necessary. However
+  doing that will not preserve any changes in <filename
+  class="directory">texmf-local</filename> and if you build from source and try to
+  run a newer version of <application>biber</application> with an older version of
+  <application>biblatex</application> it is unlikely to work.</para>
+
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="tl-installer.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="texlive.xml"/>