$OpenBSD: README-main,v 1.5 2020/08/18 18:40:16 edd Exp $

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Texmf Subsets
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There are a number of texmf trees in the OpenBSD packages:

texmf-buildset:
  The smallest of the subsets. This is primarily for building OpenBSD
  ports (approx 180M).

texmf-minimal:
  A teTeX like tree, suitable for casual TeX users who do not need many
  extra macros or ConTeXt (approx 250MB).

texmf-full:
  Extra macros (approx 1.1GB).

texmf-context:
  Macros for the conTeXt typesetter (approx 15MB).

  This was separated because conTeXt maintains it's own hashes separate
  from that of libkpse. As 99% of users don't use this, these hashes are
  generated only when the conTeXt macros are installed.

texmf-doc:
  Documentation (approx 1GB).

  To take load off the OpenBSD mirrors this is only the documentation
  for the texmf-minimal and texmf-buildset trees. This should include
  documentation for the most popular packages.

All sizes are approximate compressed package sizes and the texmf package
contents do not overlap.

There is a *lot* of functionality in texmf-full, so before reporting
"missing" features, please try installing texmf-full first. Eg. xindy
requires texmf-full.

User Local Texmf Trees
======================

Individual users may override or add to the TeX class and style files
supplied by TeX Live by installing them into ~/texmf. There is no need
to run mktexlsr(1) for a texmf tree in a user's $HOME. You can test the
installation by searching for the files using kpsewhich(1). Eg:

% find $HOME/texmf
/home/edd/texmf
/home/edd/texmf/tex
/home/edd/texmf/tex/latex
/home/edd/texmf/tex/latex/acronym
/home/edd/texmf/tex/latex/acronym/acronym.sty
% kpsewhich acronym.sty
/home/edd/texmf/tex/latex/acronym/acronym.sty

Other Misc. Notes
=================

Beta-testing Binaries
---------------------

TeX Live now includes binaries suffixed with `-dev` (e.g. pdflatex-dev).  These
are beta versions of the typesetters, included in the distribution to encourage
testing.

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/506646/what-is-latex-dev

Tlmgr
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The 'tlmgr' script is disabled in the OpenBSD package. If you were to use
tlmgr to alter/update your texmf, the package tools would become rather upset.

Soft Dependencies
-----------------

Some requirements of TeX Live were not included as dependencies to make the
package less bloated for people who don't need those features.

As far as I know:

 * asymptote is in ports: graphics/asymptote
 * TeX Works is editors/texworks
 * latexmk is textproc/latexmk
 * textproc/py-pygments is required for the minted package.
 * converters/unix2dos is needed for installfont-tl script
 * x11/tk/${MODTK_VERSION} is needed for epspdftk
 * lang/ruby/${MODRUBY_LIBREV} is needed for convbkmk, epspdf, and
   other stuff.
 * Some scripts need bash.

If you know more, please mail the package maintainer.

Ruby-1.8 Scripts
----------------

Many Ruby scripts in TeX Live are supposed to use Ruby-1.8, which is no longer
packaged by OpenBSD. The scale of TeX Live makes it difficult to systematically
review the scripts to see which ones need to be fixed. For now we've updated
the interpreter shebangs to use a 2.x Ruby.

If you encounter Ruby-related issues, please email the package maintainer and
we will see if we can fix it.

Notes for Developers
--------------------

 * If you have a port which needs TeX stuff at build time, then it should
   BUILD_DEPENDS upon texlive_base which in turn will pull in
   texlive_texmf-buildset.

 * If the buildset is missing something that your port needs to build, then
   you can depend temporarily upon texlive_texmf-minimal or texlive_texmf-full.
   If you have to do this, please send an email to MAINTAINER so that we can
   have the support you need added to the buildset texmf.

 * If a non-texlive port installs texmf files then they should be installed
   into share/texmf-local, NOT share/texmf or share/texmf-dist.

Have fun TeXing.
