On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:40:10 -0500 Tim Daneliuk articulated: > On 08/09/2013 11:36 AM, Jerry wrote: > > Port: texlive-full-20120701 > > Path: /usr/ports/print/texlive-full > > Info: TeX Live, Full Version > > Maint: h...@freebsd.org > > > > With: TEX_DEFAULT=texlive placed in the /etc/make.conf file. > > > > My question is how do I update the packages since the package > > updater has apparently been deliberately disabled? I install/update > > dozens of packages each week on my Windows machine, so I know that > > they are available. > > > > Also. all of the "*-freebsd-doc-*" ports are bonked due to the > > use of "texlive". Is there any headway being made on that front? > > I've given up on all OS distribution-based TexLive drops. I install > texlive manually from their installer and then run tlmgr under > cron control nightly to keep it up-to-date. I do this on > FreeBSD (my primary dev and server platform) as well as all > linux instances in my environment. It makes things a lot simpler.
I have to admit that I am somewhat confused myself. Why the port was released sans any viable method of updating the packages seems counter productive. I know for a fact that this problem does not exist on an MS Windows machine, nor from what I have been able to ascertain, most other *.nix operating systems. Hopefully these two glaring problems will be rectified soon. I am wondering if I simply make "tlmgr" operational, if it will work. Did you have to do anything special to accomplish getting "tlmgr" working and updating correctly? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
