[MacPorts] #43598: Updated LaTeXML portfile & tarball

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Wed May 7 16:07:02 PDT 2014


#43598: Updated LaTeXML portfile & tarball
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  Reporter:  bruce.miller@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  update          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:  maintainer
      Port:  LaTeXML         |
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Comment (by bruce.miller@…):

 I have a question about having tex as a dependency.  Some of my users
 prefer MacTeX and complained that the Portfile installed texlive even
 though
 they already had a full (large) tex system that they preferred.
 Is there a way to specify an "abstract" dependence on TeX so that texlive
 would only be installed if there were *no* TeX system already installed?

 As it turns out, TeX is an optional dependency for LaTeXML: it runs
 without
 it, but it makes much more sense to use it *with* TeX installed.
 If there isn't an alternative way of depending on an abstract tex,
 do you think it would be better to leave out that dependence entirely
 and ask the user to pre-install texlive if they need it?

 Thanks;

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