[OS X TeX] TeXlive 2007 and texdoc

[Martin Wilhelm Leidig]

Good morning *,

at 2007-03-28 21.13 Victor Ivrii wrote:
> cd /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-doc/doc/english/catalogue/entries
[...]
> $old =  "../../../macros/latex/contrib/";
> $new = "../../../../texmf-dist/doc/latex/"

Hmm.  Wouldn't it be sufficient to have a symlink at /usr/local/ 
texlive/2007/doc/macros/latex named "contrib" pointing to /usr/local/ 
texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/?  This command sequence should do:
---
mkdir -p /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-doc/doc/macros/latex
cd /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-doc/doc/macros/latex
ln -s ../../../texmf-dist/doc/latex/ contrib
---
Not quite sure I got those paths right; ".../texmf-doc/texmf-dist/ 
doc/..." looks a bit weird, anyway.  Any corrections welcome.

That would minimize the dangers of data loss because no data would be  
changed at all.
CAVE: that's just a untested proposal -- I'd try it without  
hesitation but I had to install TL2007 before (sorry about that ;-).


... with greetings from Ladenburg:

-MWL-
-- 
Martin Wilhelm Leidig, Nadlerstr.6, D-68526 Ladenburg, Germany
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