[MacPorts] #31903: octave-devel +docs variant missing dependency on texlive-basic

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#31903: octave-devel +docs variant missing dependency on texlive-basic
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 Reporter:  vic@…            |       Owner:  michaelld@…           
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                   
 Priority:  Normal           |   Milestone:                        
Component:  ports            |     Version:  2.0.3                 
 Keywords:                   |        Port:  octave-devel          
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Comment(by vic@…):

 Replying to [comment:1 ryandesign@…]:
 > A couple things:
 >
 >  1. The +docs variant is clearly missing a dependency on texlive-basic,
 which is what provides the tex binary.
 >  2. MacPorts does not use your PATH; it uses its own path, as defined by
 the binpath variable in macports.conf. Editing binpath is usually not
 advisable, but we do make an exception for tex, so you're welcome to add
 /usr/texbin to binpath if you'd rather use that tex than the tex that
 MacPorts would install.

 I tried suggestion 2, to the best of my ability. I added the bin path line

    binpath
 /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin

 to both (/opt/local/etc/macports/) macports.conf and
 macports.conf.default,
 and ran

    $ sudo port clean octave-devel

    $ sudo port install octave-devel +debug +docs

 again.

 The changes made no difference. MacPorts still couldn't find tex, which is
 sitting in
  /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-darwin
 which is pointed to by the symbolic link  /usr/texbin.

 This is not a serious problem for me. I don't need the +docs variant to
 octave-devel. But it does bother me that I can't get  the +docs variant
 simply because MacPorts can't find TeX---which I use every day. And the
 binary tex file is definitely in /usr/texbin, albeit indirectly.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31903#comment:2>
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