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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-05-05 18:09:26 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-05-05 18:09:26 +0000
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treec816c4a63b53eef5e904d5af9435ca1402cfe814 /Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi
parentd478654eb3648d60f0d734da81c2ea33968a2336 (diff)
revise manual, deleting obsolete build/install info
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@33850 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
@end ifclear
@node unixtex.ftp
-@section @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{}
+@chapter @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{}
@cindex obtaining @TeX{}
@cindex retrieving @TeX{}
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ is @uref{ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp}, last updated 13 June
The principal free @TeX{} distribution for Unix-like systems is @TeX{}
Live, on the web at @url{http://tug.org/texlive}. The pages there
-describe many ways to acquire @TeX{}, over the Internet or on physical
-media, both the sources and precompiled binaries for many systems,
-either standalone or as part of various operating system
+describe many ways to acquire and build @TeX{}, over the Internet or
+on physical media, both the sources and precompiled binaries for many
+systems, either standalone or as part of various operating system
distributions.
Web2C, Kpathsea, Dvips, and Dviljk are no longer released as a
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ Live.
@cindex Knuth, Donald E., archive of programs by
The host @t{ftp.cs.stanford.edu} is the original source for the files
for which Donald Knuth is directly responsible: @file{tex.web},
-@file{plain.tex}, etc. However, unless you want to build your @TeX{}
-library tree ab initio, it is more reliable and less work to retrieve
-these files as part of a larger package. In any case, that ftp site is
-not the canonical source for anything except what was created as part
-of Stanford @TeX{} project, so do not rely on the other files available
-there being up-to-date.
+@file{plain.tex}, etc. However, unless you want to undertake the very
+significant project of building your @TeX{} installation from scratch,
+it is far more reliable and less work to retrieve these files as part
+of a larger package
+
+In any case, the Stanford ftp site is not the canonical source for
+anything except what was created as part of Knuth's original @TeX{},
+so do not rely on any other files available there being up-to-date.
+The best place to check for up-to-date files is CTAN (the
+Comprehensive @TeX{} Archive Network), @url{http://www.ctan.org}.
+