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| author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2016-04-05 18:20:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2016-04-05 18:20:42 +0000 |
| commit | e21287339287302044cb48d13675c1db831fa694 (patch) | |
| tree | 9196498b59c377bb3eb4b159892e2ff9435e4195 /Build/source/build-aux/README.TL | |
| parent | 8c5f6819321bca65bee1f9bb8e6fcb86ec3c3bac (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Build/source/build-aux/README.TL b/Build/source/build-aux/README.TL index 6860b621504..18976ae85ef 100644 --- a/Build/source/build-aux/README.TL +++ b/Build/source/build-aux/README.TL @@ -1,20 +1,28 @@ -Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> +$Id$ +Copyright 2016 Karl Berry <tex-live@tug.org> +Copyright 2009-2013 Peter Breitenlohner <tex-live@tug.org> You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file. This directory is the central repository for auxiliary files, mostly shell scripts, needed to build the TeX Live (TL) tree. They are used by -all packages `owned' by the TL tree, i.e., maintained as part of TL. +all packages included in the TL tree, whether or not TL is the actual +owner/maintainer of the package -compile, missing, test-driver, and ylwrap come from automake; ltmain.sh -comes from libtool. Those must be manually updated when new versions of the -packages are installed. The Master/tlpkg/dev/srclist.txt file has checks -for these, but updates are not automatic. (We generally try to use the -latest official release, as it is available directly from GNU, not any -distro version.) +The files fall into three sets: -relpath is locally written. +0) relpath is locally written. -The rest of these files are maintained elsewhere and are available from -the GNU gnulib project (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib). The -script Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-auto attempts to keep those up to date -(except when the TL sources are frozen). +1) Those in GNU Gnulib (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib). The +script Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-auto attempts to keep these up to date +nightly (except when the TL sources are frozen). + +2) Those not in Gnulib, that must come directly from an automake or +libtool installation. These must be manually updated when new versions +of those GNU packages are installed. The Master/tlpkg/dev/srclist.txt +file checks for these relative to installation on the local machine, but +updates are not automatic. + +There should be no other files in this directory. + +We generally try to use the latest official release, as it is available +directly from GNU, rather than any distro or other patched version. |