On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:48:36 +0200, Florent wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ..I agree it probably should depend on at least one of them. > > But not _all_ of the -lang packages. That makes it a bug. > > I _should_ be able to weed out Korean, Vietnamese, Czech etc > > -lang that I don't ever use without breaking tetex-extra. > > You don't need tetex-extra anymore. It is now only a transitional > (dummy) package. When it wasn't, it did provide support for all these > languages, which is why the transitional package _has_ to depend on all > these -lang packages, otherwise it would break compatibility. > > You don't need tetex-extra anymore. Remove it and chose the exact > functionality you need among the texlive-* packages. If you find a > package that depends on a tetex package with *no* alternative texlive > dependency, file a bug against that package. prosper already has such an > alternative dependency, just in the wrong order. > > > ..thanks, it was me choosing prosper that triggered this > > huge pile of -lang packages on me this time around. > > You didn't examine the dependencies carefully enough. They can be > fulfilled without keeping tetex-extra, and thus without installing all > the -lang packages. ..ok, thanks, means we can close this bug and instead file bugs on _anything_ that dare require tetex-extra. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
