RFE: pdfjam can also work with pTeX.

[daviwak-macports@…]

The port pdfjam cannot be installed at the same time that the port pTeX.

I guess pdfjam should depend on TexLive OR pTeX.

Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/share/texmf-dist/bibtex/bst/adrconv/adrconv.bst is being used by the active pTeX port.  Please deactivate this port first, or use the -f flag to force the activation.
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: texlive texlive_base texlive_texmf-full texlive_texmf-minimal
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

If pdfjam works with any of the TeX ports, the dependency can be changed to something like bin:tex:texlive.

[jjstickel@…]

I think that pdfjam just requires pdftex. Can someone test that pdfjam works with the other TeX ports (is it just pTeX)?

[daviwak-macports@…]

According to the web page of PDFjam ​http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic/firth/software/pdfjam/#prereq the only pre-requisites are:

• A working, up-to-date installation of pdfTeX (including pdflatex and an up-to-date copy of pdftex.def)

• A working installation of the LaTeX package pdfpages (version 0.2e or later)

It is reasonable to assume that they are provided with pTeX.

[jjstickel@…]

patch for textproc/pdfjam/Portfile

[jjstickel@…]

I've attached a patch to make the suggested dependency change. It still works fine with texlive installed, as expected. I haven't tested to see what happens if installed with no exiting tex dependency, i.e. what does it pull for the dependency, nor have I tested it with pTeX.

[milosh@…]

There was once agreement on using the following dependency scheme:

path:${prefix}/bin/pdflatex:texlive

Well it seems not so many ports use it in the end. However, it prevents a possibly erroneous installation of tex outside macports to be accepted.

[jjstickel@…]

I am not very knowledgeable about dependency management in MacPorts. I'll go along with whatever is recommended.

[takanori@…]

fixed in r43301 - thanks.

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