Hi, Before I complain, thank you all for working on fink and porting packages.
My question is this: why does gnuplot depend on tetex? The simple answer, apparently, is "so that fink can build and install the documentation, which comes as LaTeX source." I have a transient (i.e., dialup) 56K connection to the internet, and a non-tetex implementation of LaTeX, the combination of which makes that dependency very inconvenient. Short of hacking my local copy of gnuplot-3.7.1-4.info, is there a good way for me to avoid having to download an entirely redundant TeX system just to get gnuplot? (I know I could just go to my favorite gnu mirror and download it myself, but that'd defeat the purpose of having fink in the first place. Is making a gnuplot-no-doc package as simple as creating a new ".info" file without the tetex-base dependency and the two lines of the installation script that build and install the postscript versions of the documentation? Or do I have to play with something closer to dpkg/apt, too? Would anyone else be interested in such a package? Given a few pointers in the right direction, I'd be happy to do the work to make it happen. Regards, Dan -- This email impairs your ability to operate heavy machinery. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
