[tex-live] tpm files, function="buildFormat"

[Norbert Preining]

On Die, 19 Jul 2005, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> >how to do this?! I thought the tpms files are automatically generated,
> >so that we have to add something to this process. Or am I wrong?!
> >
> Yes, I am afraid so :-}
> 
> Each time they are re-generated, the TPM files are
> checked against the current file, and any Execute
> instructions are copied across. The autogeneration
> is of the file lists. You can see it works, because
> the language Execute instructions are preserved.

Ok, I have done the following:

I have added
    <TPM:Installation>
      <TPM:Execute function="BuildFormat"/>
    </TPM:Installation>
to all the bin-XXXXX programs generating formats,

AND I have generated files
	format.XXXXX.cnf
which contains the respective lines for the fmtutil.cnf file.

So when installing the installer just takes the files format.XXXX.cnf
installed and concatenates them to a fmtutil.cnf


QUESTION:
* Where should I put these files? Up to now I have them in 
	/Master/texmf/formats/...
  which seems not to be a good location, but I couldn't think about
  a better one for now.

* Is the above method ok for everyone here? Up to now no installer
  actually makes use of it. But the debian packages will do this soon.
  As soon as I have the ok from Sebastian and a good location!

Best wishes

Norbert

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