#12913: tetex is dead -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: zach@tu-clausthal.de | Owner: gwright@macports.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Enhancements Component: ports | Version: 1.5.0 Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment (by milosh@macports.org): Replying to [comment:7 shreevatsa.public@gmail.com]:

I'm interested in getting ports working with an externally installed MacTeX.

It would be possible provided you have the right links in ${prefix}/bin (bibtex, latex and maybe a few other). In fact, macports dependency engine allows for depending on a file being present instead of a full port, and it was agreed that ports depending on tex should use that dependency scheme. You could try a 'ln -s mactex/s/location/latex /opt/local/bin/latex' and 'ln -s mactex/s/location/bibtex /opt/local/bin/bibtex' and see if things depending on tex install well. Then you could contribute a port that just puts the good links in /opt/local/bin (a little like what the 'texlive' port does)... -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12913#comment:9> MacPorts </projects/macports> Ports system for Mac OS