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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2020-02-16 03:18:07 +0000
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+This is the README for texlive-dummy-el8, version
+2020-02-15.
+
+The texlive packages available for RHEL-8 (and derived
+distributions such as CentOS-8) are relatively old (2018)
+and seriously incomplete. Although it is possible to
+remove the native texlive packages and install a more
+recent complete TeXLive distribution, any attempt to
+install packages that depend on texlive resources (such
+as latex2html, lyx, etc.) will normally trigger the
+re-installation of the obsolete native packages. This is
+inefficient and the redundant packages can interfere with
+the TeXLive resources.
+
+This package contains a "dummy" rpm which is intended
+to satisfy any dependencies on texlive resources,
+allowing packages like latex2html, lyx, etc. to be
+installed without using --nodeps and without triggering
+re-installation of texlive rpms. All native texlive packages
+will be removed when the texlive-dummy package is installed.
+
+It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that any
+necessary resources normally provided by native packages
+have in fact been installed. A recent TeXLive distribution
+should suffice. If necessary, packages can be installed
+directly from CTAN into a local or personal texmf tree.
+
+The source rpm is included in case the user needs to
+add/remove lines to/from the spec file. Please send the
+maintainer a note about this so this package can be updated.
+
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+software under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License
+(LPPL), version 1.3.
+
+Bob Tennent
+rdt at cs.queensu.ca
+