[tex-live] dmg

[Philipp Fäh]

dmg: Disk Images of the Apple FS HFS

further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dmg

Am 18.05.2007 um 12:24 schrieb Robin Fairbairns:

> when i first catalogued mactex there was a single compressed file in 
> the
> directory we mirror to ctan.  subsequently, a file mactex.dmg appeared,
> and later still mactextras.dmg (or thereabouts).
>
> as a result (and in the context of my ignorance of macs), we have two
> catalogue entries: mactex and mactex-dmg.  this is not satisfactory --
> there is nothing but dmg files in the directories.
>
> am i right in assuming that i should dump the mactex-dmg entry, and
> regenerate the mactex entry from the mactex description on tug.org?
>
> [what _are_ dmg files, anyway?  i've dropped heavy hints around here
> that a mac would go well with the present collection of machines in my
> office, but the hints fall on deaf ears ;-) ]
>
> robin
>
> [wearing my ctan hat, but not speaking for the ctan team.]