latexmk should not install texlive when MacTeX is installed

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

The latexmk Portfile specifies a dependency on

bin:latex:texlive-latex

in order to prevent installing latex when there already is a different installation of LaTeX. However, the LaTeX distribution most Mac users probably use MacTeX installs the binary as /usr/texbin/latex. This can be fixed, by either adding /usr/texbin to binpath in macports.conf or modifying the Portfile to specifically check for /usr/texbin/latex or providing a variant to disable the dependency for users that knowingly have LaTeX installed.

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

Diff against the Portfile to check for /usr/texlive/latex (this might not be the correct way to do this)

[vinc17@…]

I suppose that other ports like rubber would be affected by the same problem. Shouldn't this be a change done in base (which should include all the "standard" directories)? The real meaning of bin:latex:texlive-latex should be: if latex is not in the bin path, then add the texlive-latex dependency.

[vinc17@…]

Closing as wontfix because binaries need to be in the MacPorts PATH, even though this is a runtime dependency (some other port may build-depend on latexmk, and the latex binary needs to be in the MacPorts PATH in such a case). If the user wants to avoid the installation of the dependency, he needs to add the /usr/texbin to binpath in macports.conf as said in the bug report, but this could lead to a bad interaction with MacPorts.