Eric Bavier <ericbav...@openmailbox.org> skribis:

> On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:41:44 +0100
> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>
>> Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> skribis:
>> 
>> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 06:04:17PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:  
>> >> Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> skribis:  
>> >> > This was the original reason (plus easier debugging) that I kept the
>> >> > internal packages -bin and -texmf public; I think it was a mistake,
>> >> > since it seems to lead to a lot of confusion.
>> >> > So I will hide both the internal packages one of these days.  
>> >> OK.  
>> >
>> > Well, in the end this is not so easily possible.
>> >
>> > gnuplot depends on texlive-bin as a native-input. I replaced this by
>> > texlive-minimal, but I think the native input can be dropped completely.  
>> 
>> Not sure.  Eric added the dependency on TeX Live in 97003b5c.
>> Eric, WDYT?
>
> Gnuplot looks for some binaries to determine whether and where to
> install some latex sty files.  As long as those are still installed with
> texlive-minimal, that should be fine.  I used texlive-bin in order to
> remove the heavyweight texlive dependency.

Would Gnuplot’s own sty files still be installed if we remove the
dependency?  Or are they redundant with what TeX Live provides?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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