On 10.11.00 Atsuhito Kohda (ko...@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp) wrote: Dear Atsuhito-san,
10 years ago you submitted this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/76671 > Package: tetex-bin > Version: 1.0.7+20000807 > Severity: wishlist > > fmtutil and texlinks seem to cooperate with each other > but I noticed that > > - fmtutil can create *.fmt selectively with --byformat > even if "cnffile" contains many entries, > > but on the other hand > > - texlinks create every links for the entries listed in > "cnffile" > > I think texlinks should be able to create links selectively > like 'texlinks --byname alatex blatex' which would create > links tex->alatex, tex->blatex. > > How do you think? > The bug was submitted to upstream and Thomas Esser answered after a short time. Unfortunately the answer was sent to xxx-forwar...@bugs.debian.org, you probably never got his input. Here we go: <snip> > I think texlinks should be able to create links selectively > like 'texlinks --byname alatex blatex' which would create > links tex->alatex, tex->blatex. If you just want to add one symlink, why use texlinks? ln -s foo baa will do the trick. On the other hand, what is the problem if texlinks recreates the existing links? <snap> Should we continue working on this iussue and forward it to new upstream? At least the request has not been implemented AFAICT. Hilmar -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org