Opened 3 years ago

Closed 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

#65014 closed defect (fixed)

texlive-basic: newest release includes binary 'man', conflicting with port `man`

Reported by: mascguy (Christopher Nielsen) Owned by: drkp (Dan Ports)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.7.2
Keywords: Cc: i0ntempest
Port: texlive-basic

Description

It appears that the latest release of texlive-basic includes a binary named - unfortunately - man. This causes a port conflict with man, which is mighty ubiquitous.

Rather than declaring a conflict between these two ports, a better choice would be to either rename man to something non-conflicting - texman maybe? - assuming that the binary is worth keeping. Otherwise, if it isn't, don't include it in the port installation.

Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by i0ntempest

Cc: i0ntempest added

comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by i0ntempest

It's not even usable: 

$ file /opt/local/bin/man
/opt/local/bin/man: broken symbolic link to /opt/local/libexec/texlive/binaries/man

comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by drkp (Dan Ports)

Or just remove it since it is not supposed to be installed!

comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by drkp (Dan Ports)

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

In 37a276ed2d955bce2a81d56ebd3ca67cfe6d844d/macports-ports (master):

texlive-basic: do not install 'man' binary

Closes: #65014

comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Thanks for the quick fix Dan!

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