[tldistro] TexLive on MSYS2

[Naveen M K]

Hi Norbert,

> Hopefully you have used TeX Live yourself and are comfortable with the
necessary configuration files etc

I have used TeX Live. I don't know much about the configuration files though.

>  A bit outdated but might be helpful
>  is my presentation on distributing texlive
>        https://www.preining.info/talks/fosdem13.pdf

Thanks! After reading it seems that I am not the one to package, at least with the amount of knowledge I have.

> Hmm, which shows you are not very versed with TeX in general ...
> If you call
>        latex
> what is called normally is the *engine* behind it, normally pdfetex, and
> that engine (actual binary code) loads the format dump "latex.fmt".
>
> This is automatized via those links, if you call pdfetex via the latex
> link, the latex.fmt will automatically be loaded.

Thanks for you explanation on how things works. 


> Umpf again ... the first one defines which format dumps (see above) are
> created, the second ones defines which fonts are available, the other
> two are the main configuration files...

I think other than the config files others should be automatically generated, right? 
I could see hooks there which does it. Should those things be included?

> You might start actually using TeX Live and trying to configure things
> before trying to package it.

Can you suggest anywhere to start with about configurations?

I think I am not the one to package this. Someone with more experience may try doing this rather than myself or I should learn how things works and then package things.

Best Regards,
Naveen