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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2016-04-05 18:20:42 +0000
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-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.