Changeset 29c5331 for pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml

Timestamp:

03/15/2024 09:40:47 PM (7 weeks ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@…>

Branches:

ken/TL2024, trunk

Children:

0c60ebd9

Parents:

844a3acb

Message:

intall-tl-unx - initial changes for 2024:

Replace ConTeXt with LuaLaTeX ininitial comment about what is
included - lualatex is commonly used, context is very niche.

Add a note for any future ConTeXt users.

Remove warning about the need to update 2023 lualatex etc.

Not yet installed, tested, or measured.

File:

• pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml

@@ -31 +31 @@
     <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 +50 @@
       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 +58 @@
     </para>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        If you wish to use ConTeXt with <command>luametatex</command> (most of
+        the old MKII and MKIV code was removed from TeXLive 2023 by the ConTeXt
+        developer), using the binary is probably the easiest option. The source
+        no-longer ships with TeXLive and is poorly adapted to building with
+        systems excepti those running Mac and Windows. See comments 1 to 5 of
+        <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17823">#17823</ulink>.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     <!-- editors: latex-test-20230819.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 -->
 
@@ -187 +198 @@
       &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>