[OS X TeX] /usr/local/texprograms -> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms

[Jérome Laurens]

Le 29 nov. 06 à 23:59, Gerben Wierda a écrit :

> I have been working on an assisted migration of my TeX Live subset  
> i-package from the current default location /usr/local/TeXLive to / 
> usr/local/gwTeX, to make room for the default official TL location / 
> usr/local/texlive which clashes with /usr/local/TeXLive on non-case  
> snsitive file systems.
>
> This works. It will migrate /usr/local/TeXLive to /usr/local/gwTeX,  
> but it will leave /usr/local/texlive alone (given that that is the  
> TL location).
>
> What is now left is the issue with /usr/local/texprograms.
>
> I think the idea of using a symlink for the location is nice, but  
> the location /usr/local might not be the best. The point is that  
> some users may share or sync /usr/local between machines. These  
> machines may have a different hardware architecture and setting / 
> usr/local/texprograms to point to /usr/local/gwTeX/bin/i386-apple- 
> darwin-current will not work when the /usr/local tree is shared. I  
> know for a fact that there are users who share or sync a common / 
> usr/local.
>
> Given that, i though it would be better to have this link in / 
> Library, which is not shared (or at least I think it is very  
> unlikely) or in /etc which is definitely not shared. The advantage  
> of /Library is that this can easily be selected by a standard GUI  
> open panel.
>
> So, I am planning to do this in terms of links:
>
> /Library/gwTeX -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX
> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX/bin/i386-apple- 
> darwin-current (on intel)
> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX/bin/powerpc- 
> apple-darwin-current (on ppc)
>
> The ../.. part of the link is to make sure they still work if the  
> volume is not the startup volume. The capitalisation makes it  
> easier to read.
>
> Any comments?

According to my mail 	[OS X TeX] /Library/TeX (was local vs. global  
symlink) I would prefer

/Library/TeX/distribution/gwTeX
/Library/TeX/active-programs or maybe just /Library/TeX/programs

Can you explain the reason why the install cannot occur in the user  
domain?

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