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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 8fdeb9328d..89a970908d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Mathieu Lirzin@* Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Pierre-Antoine Rault@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Leo Famulari@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ricardo Wurmus@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ricardo Wurmus@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Chris Marusich@* Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Efraim Flashner@* @@ -11875,14 +11875,14 @@ guix import cran --archive=git https://github.com/immunogenomics/harmony @item texlive @cindex TeX Live @cindex CTAN -Import metadata from @uref{https://www.ctan.org/, CTAN}, the -comprehensive TeX archive network for TeX packages that are part of the -@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, TeX Live distribution}. +Import TeX package information from the TeX Live package database for +TeX packages that are part of the @uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, +TeX Live distribution}. -Information about the package is obtained through the XML API provided -by CTAN, while the source code is downloaded from the SVN repository of -the Tex Live project. This is done because the CTAN does not keep -versioned archives. +Information about the package is obtained from the TeX Live package +database, a plain text file that is included in the @code{texlive-bin} +package. The source code is downloaded from possibly multiple locations +in the SVN repository of the Tex Live project. The command command below imports metadata for the @code{fontspec} TeX package: @@ -11891,19 +11891,6 @@ TeX package: guix import texlive fontspec @end example -When @option{--archive=@var{directory}} is added, the source code is -downloaded not from the @file{latex} sub-directory of the -@file{texmf-dist/source} tree in the TeX Live SVN repository, but from -the specified sibling @var{directory} under the same root. - -The command below imports metadata for the @code{ifxetex} package from -CTAN while fetching the sources from the directory -@file{texmf/source/generic}: - -@example -guix import texlive --archive=generic ifxetex -@end example - @item json @cindex JSON, import Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following |