Please note that by: http://kertex.kergis.com/{fr,en}/pkg.html
I mean whether the french version: http://kertex.kergis.com/fr/pkg.html or the (sort of) english one: http://kertex.kergis.com/en/pkg.html {fr,en} is not a subdir ;-) On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 07:47:59AM +0100, tlaro...@kergis.com wrote: > I have made a significant update to the extensions framework of kerTeX > (installing packages, typically things on CTAN). > > What is of special interest to plan9 and derived systems users: > > - When a recipe downloads sources from CTAN, the URL is not specified. > The definition of the env variable KERTEX_PKG_SRC_SRV is used, > defaulting to 'http://mirrors.ctan.org/'. The problem is that this > last is a CDN and redirection does not work with every client or one > can make a better choice of a reliable mirror near location. It is > then possible to simply redefine the variable to download from the > preferred server. This URL can also be a > 'file:///some/dir/with/CTAN/like/tree/' so there is the following > utility; > > - pkg_bulk_get is provided that can download all the sources > (mirroring) needed by the recipes in KERTEX_PKG_RCP_DIR (a dir; not an > URL) that defaults to $KERTEX_LIBDIR/pkg/rcp/. If one wants only > sources for the recipes one uses, just define the variable to the dir > where the selected recipes are (one can also see the dependencies of > recipes in order to have a complete set); > > - An utility pkg_rcp_sketch is provided that sketches a recipe for a > LaTeX contrib macros package on CTAN. The recipe provided should work > as is in a fair amount of cases (in this case, no need to provide it: > this lightens the burden for me to have to maintain recipes). > > All explanations are in: > > http://kertex.kergis.com/{fr,en}/pkg.html > > -- > Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> > http://www.kergis.com/ > http://kertex.kergis.com/ > Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C -- Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> http://www.kergis.com/ http://kertex.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td65b4483cb3bf7bd-M9592d9eafda08d7bb34e4278 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
