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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi deleted file mode 100644 index f91f453ce8c..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -@ifclear version -@defcodeindex fl -@defcodeindex op -@end ifclear - -@node unixtex.ftp -@chapter @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{} - -@cindex obtaining @TeX{} -@cindex retrieving @TeX{} - -@flindex unixtex.ftp -@flindex tug.org -@flindex www.tug.org -@flindex ftp.tug.org -This -@iftex -chapter -@end iftex -is @uref{ftp://tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp}, a.k.a.@: -@uref{https://tug.org/unixtex.ftp}, last updated 29 February 2020. -Email @email{tex-k@@tug.org} with comments or questions. - -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 and/or 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, among others, are no longer -released as a separate packages. Their sources are now maintained as -part of @TeX{} Live. - -@flindex ftp.cs.stanford.edu -@flindex tex.web -@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 undertake the -project of building your @TeX{} system from scratch, it is 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{https://ctan.org}. - |