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To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?B?Q291cnTDqHM=?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:04:14 +0100
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote:

> Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>=20
> > On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:41:44 +0100
> > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) wrote:
> > =20
> >> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
> >>  =20
> >> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 06:04:17PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote=
:   =20
> >> >> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:   =20
> >> >> > This was the original reason (plus easier debugging) that I kept =
the
> >> >> > internal packages -bin and -texmf public; I think it was a mistak=
e,
> >> >> > since it seems to lead to a lot of confusion.
> >> >> > So I will hide both the internal packages one of these days.   =20
> >> >> OK.   =20
> >> >
> >> > Well, in the end this is not so easily possible.
> >> >
> >> > gnuplot depends on texlive-bin as a native-input. I replaced this by
> >> > texlive-minimal, but I think the native input can be dropped complet=
ely.   =20
> >>=20
> >> Not sure.  Eric added the dependency on TeX Live in 97003b5c.
> >> Eric, WDYT? =20
> >
> > Gnuplot looks for some binaries to determine whether and where to
> > install some latex sty files.  As long as those are still installed with
> > texlive-minimal, that should be fine.  I used texlive-bin in order to
> > remove the heavyweight texlive dependency. =20
>=20
> Would Gnuplot=E2=80=99s own sty files still be installed if we remove the
> dependency?

gnuplot's configure script will refuse to install the latex cfg for the
epslatex terminal unless those binaries are found.  This seems like an
artificial limitation, and could probably be patched out.

> Or are they redundant with what TeX Live provides?

They don't seem redundant, but I honestly don't know exactly what they
are used for.

`~Eric