Ivan Shmakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip/> > stuff is hardcoded into the executable. However, it'd be nice > if `dblatex' would support overriding the base location of its > components, much like, e. g., `lintian' allows it with either > the `--root' command line option, or the `LINTIAN_ROOT' > environment variable. > > I'm currently experimenting with Dblatex vs. UTF-8 output (for > use with Lambda & Antomega) and I'm forced to create my own > `dblatex' script in order to hack the Dblatex' files in my own > (mostly lndir(8)) location, and that's somewhat inconvenient.
Hello, we need to discuss this. At the moment I don't exactly understand which directory structure you have in mind and what files you are trying to replace. Could you give an example? Some remarks: - The debian packaging tries to integrate dblatex deeply into the debian system, its main tasks are relocating directories in a way that a debian user finds them at expected places [1] [2]. This results in problems with parallel installations of e.g. a debian and and a native dblatex: the native dblatex will use the TeX files of the debian installation! This repeatedly has led to strange effects. Thus I'm very reluctant with dblatex files installed in parallel. - As the simple wrapper script /usr/bin/dblatex is quite stable, you could use dpkg-divert to install your own version. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/376388 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/395207 Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Hoenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: 1024D/B888D2CE A4A6 E8B5 593A E89B 496B 82F0 728D 8B7E B888 D2CE
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