[tlbuild] hacking a single package

Bob Tennent rdt at cs.queensu.ca
Sat Jan 4 01:13:35 CET 2014


 >|
 >|    Why is there no mention of the Work tree on
 >|    http://www.tug.org/texlive/build.html
 >|
 >|I wrote that page originally to give a recipe to people building the
 >|binaries for the TL distribution (because that's what was needed),
 >|rather than as a guide to people wanting to do arbitrary hacking in
 >|arbitrary places in the sources.
 >|
 >|Anyway, I added a mention of Work/ there now.

Thanks. I can't recall exactly when I got the dire warning ("you
have been warned") about not building in the source tree but perhaps
adding a reference to the Work tree might be helpful.

Best,
Bob T.


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