[MacPorts] #20042: texlive_base @2007_7 fails to build xdv2pdf, hamstringing xelatex

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#20042: texlive_base @2007_7 fails to build xdv2pdf, hamstringing xelatex
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 Reporter:  stephen@…           |       Owner:  dports@…           
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                     
Component:  ports               |     Version:  1.7.1              
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  texlive_base       
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Comment(by stephen@…):

 It's hard to be sure because I've got multiple texlive installations, and
 xdv2pdf is on PATH at least once, but the answer seems to be no.
 /opt/local/bin/xetex (to which xelatex is a symlink) refers to xdvipdfmx,
 not to xdv2pdf.  I think this was a transitional issue in TeX Live itself,
 not in MacPorts.  I'm pretty sure "modern" TeX Live prefers xdvipdfmx
 anyway.

 There was a minor glitch in the "upgrade -u" however, texlive_base did not
 get uninstalled "because texlive depends on it", which prevented
 texlive_texmf-{minimal,full} from uninstalling.  With disk sizes these
 days I guess that's not a major problem, but it's a lot of MB that
 "upgrade -u" is supposed to help save.  This would seem to be a port bug.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20042#comment:4>
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