[dvipdfmx] Fw: Re: [tex-k] dvipdfmx: Apparent bug

[Laurence Finston]

Thanks.  Obviously, something like TeXlive is a huge amount of work and far be it from me to second guess the developers, especially since I'm not volunteering to help.  I was amazed that configure and ./Build worked the first time without any tweaking.  That doesn't just happen.

For me it wasn't a problem but I thought it was worth mentioning because I think many other people would have been put off by the process.  I did notice that there was something about building one package but like most people in a similar situation, I believe, I didn't have the patience to read a long explanation.

Laurence

> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2022 um 00:15 Uhr
> Von: "Karl Berry" <karl at freefriends.org>
> An: Laurence.Finston at gmx.de, dvipdfmx at tug.org
> Betreff: Re: [dvipdfmx] Fw: Re: [tex-k] dvipdfmx: Apparent bug
>
>     It was not clear to me how it would be possible to build dvipdfmx
>     without building TeXLive as a whole.
>
> Here is my attempt at writing that up:
> https://tug.org/texinfohtml/tlbuild.html#Build-one-package
>
> Now that I think of it, it probably couldn't hurt to put that link in
> the README for the various program directories where it's most likely to
> be desired.
>
> Granted the process is far from ideal, but that's where we are. -k
>