From 581d69c2dc64b04ac6532de6bbfb0c2d01643704 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 18:09:26 +0000 Subject: revise manual, deleting obsolete build/install info git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@33850 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi') diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi index b77e6ae005a..a0c0a15874f 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi @@ -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}. + -- cgit v1.2.3