Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> skribis: > raingloom <raingl...@riseup.net> writes: > >> One use case that I hope can be addressed is TeXlive packages. Trying >> to figure out which package corresponded to which missing file was a >> nightmare the last I had to use LaTeX. > > The texlive package database is the authoritative source of information. > The file texlive.tlpdb is included in the texlive-bin package, and we’re > using it in the importer. I also added (@ (guix import texlive) > files-differ?), which compares a texlive package’s output directory with > the files that the texlive.tlpdb lists for that package. > > You can also use it to check what package should provide a certain file. > I do this all the time to figure out if our existing packages are > incomplete or if we’re just missing a package.
Oh, I had never tried that. Is there a command that browses texlive.tlpdb, or do you just open it or grep it? Thanks for the tip, Ludo’.
