#46105: texinfo @5.2_2 has unlisted dependency on TeX ------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: karsten@… | Owner: larryv@… Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: texinfo | ------------------------+---------------------- Comment (by urilabob@…): In the short term, this is breaking at least octave, and probably other ports. The optimal solution is probably complex, and probably involves adding a specific minimal collection to support texinfo (it seems cygwin is facing similar issues, and at least temporarily did that). It's also probably going to take substantial time to figure out an optimal fix. In the short term, pending such a rearrangement, the solution is clear: if one package depends on another, it needs to be listed as a dependency. Anything else just leaves users with broken systems, and leaves every user with the complex job of tracking down exactly what the dependencies are. With the current macports package structure, texinfo requires two packages: texlive-baxic and texlive-latex. Please add them as dependencies, to stop breaking everything. Worry about what the best solution is later, but please don't leave things broken for months of thinking time. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46105#comment:5> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X