[OS X TeX] updating everythin

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote:

>
> Which brings up a question: How do you people handle this?  
> Personally, I see my local tree in ~/Library/texmf growing  
> constantly. Since I tend to be an early adopter I often download  
> packages as soon as they're available on CTAN and put them in my  
> local tree. Is there an elegant way to make sure to stay up to date  
> without having your local tree grow all the time?
>
> simon

Howdy,

I tend to put updates for packages I use (and related packages) into  
a sub-directories of a single ``Updated'' directory in ~/Library/ 
texmf/tex/latex/. When an updated version of the TeX i-package is  
installed I take the time to check the versions in the TeX update  
against the ones in my Updated directory. Probably a better way but  
I'm fairly selective about what I keep updated.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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