doc: manual: Update TeX Live-related sections.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix import): Mention "--recursive" option. (Using TeX and LaTeX): Improve documentation of modular TeX Live. Insist on the incompatibility with TEXLIVE package, and expound part about collections and schemes. Also fix the call to `tlmgr', which does not need to happen from a "guix shell" invocation. Co-authored-by: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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guix import texlive fontspec
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guix import texlive fontspec
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@end example
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@end example
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Additional options include:
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@table @code
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@item --recursive
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@itemx -r
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Traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively
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and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet
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in Guix.
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@end table
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@item json
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@item json
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@cindex JSON, import
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@cindex JSON, import
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Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following
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Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following
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@ -45928,47 +45938,48 @@ will not have the desired effect. @xref{Package Transformation Options,
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Guix provides packages for the @TeX{}, @LaTeX{}, ConTeXt, LuaTeX, and
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Guix provides packages for the @TeX{}, @LaTeX{}, ConTeXt, LuaTeX, and
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related typesetting systems, taken from the
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related typesetting systems, taken from the
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@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, @TeX{} Live distribution}. However,
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@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, @TeX{} Live distribution}. However,
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because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding your way in this maze
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because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding one's way in this
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is tricky, we thought that you, dear user, would welcome guidance on how
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maze is tricky, so this section provides some guidance on how to deploy
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to deploy the relevant packages so you can compile your @TeX{} and
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the relevant packages to compile @TeX{} and @LaTeX{} documents.
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@LaTeX{} documents.
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@TeX{} Live currently comes in two flavors in Guix:
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@TeX{} Live currently comes in two mutually exclusive flavors in Guix:
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@itemize
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@itemize
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@item
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@item
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The ``monolithic'' @code{texlive} package: it comes with @emph{every
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The ``monolithic'' @code{texlive} package: it comes with @emph{every
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single @TeX{} Live package} (more than 7,000 of them), but it is huge
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single @TeX{} Live package} (roughly 4,200), but it is huge---more than
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(more than 4@tie{}GiB for a single package!).
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4@tie{}GiB for a single package!
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@item
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@item
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The ``modular'' @samp{texlive-} packages: you start off with
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A ``modular'' @TeX{} Live distribution, in which you only install the
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a combination of @TeX{} Live @dfn{collections} and
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packages, always prefixed with @samp{texlive-}, you need.
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@dfn{schemes}---``meta-packages'' such as
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@code{texlive-collection-fontsrecommended}, or
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@code{texlive-collection-context}, that provide the set of packages
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needed in this particular domain, schemes being the name for collections
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of such collections. This grants you core functionality and the main
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commands---@command{pdflatex}, @command{dvips}, @command{luatex},
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@command{mf}, etc. You can then complete your selection with additional
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collections or individual packages that provide just the features you
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need---@code{texlive-listings} for the @code{listings} package,
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@code{texlive-beamer} for Beamer, @code{texlive-pgf} for PGF/TikZ, and
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so on.
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@end itemize
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@end itemize
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We recommend using the modular package set because it is much less
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So to insist, these two flavors cannot be combined@footnote{No rule
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resource-hungry. To build your documents, you would use commands such
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without exception! As the monolithic @TeX{} Live does not contain the
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as:
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@command{biber} executable, it is okay to combine it with
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@code{texlive-biber}, which does.}. If in the modular setting your
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document does not compile, the solution is not to add the monolithic
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@code{texlive} package, but to add the set of missing packages from the
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modular distribution.
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Building a coherent system that provides all the essential tools and, at
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the same time, satisfies all of its internal dependencies can be
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a difficult task. It is therefore recommended to start with sets of
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packages, called @dfn{collections}, and @dfn{schemes}, the name for
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collections of collections. The following command lists available
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schemes and collections (@pxref{guix-search,, Invoking guix package}):
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@example
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@example
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guix shell texlive-scheme-basic texlive-cm-super -- pdflatex doc.tex
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guix search texlive-\(scheme\|collection\) | recsel -p name,description
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@end example
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@end example
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You can quickly end up with unreasonably long command lines though. The
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If needed, you may then complete your system with individual packages,
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solution is to instead write a manifest, for example like this one,
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particularly when they belong to a large collection you're not otherwise
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which would probably be a reasonable starting point for a French
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interested in.
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@LaTeX{} user:
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For instance, the following manifest is a reasonable, yet frugal
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starting point for a French @LaTeX{} user:
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@lisp
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@lisp
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(specifications->manifest
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(specifications->manifest
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"texlive-scheme-basic"
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"texlive-scheme-basic"
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"texlive-collection-latexrecommended"
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"texlive-collection-latexrecommended"
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"texlive-collection-fontsrecommended"
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"texlive-collection-fontsrecommended"
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"texlive-babel-french"
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"texlive-babel-french"
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;; PGF/TikZ
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;; From "latexextra" collection.
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"texlive-pgf"
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"texlive-tabularray"
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;; From "binextra" collection.
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;; Additional font.
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"texlive-texdoc"))
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"texlive-kpfonts"))
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@end lisp
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@end lisp
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You can then pass it to any command with the @option{-m} option:
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If you come across a document that does not compile in such a basic
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setting, the main difficulty is finding the missing packages. In this
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@example
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case, @command{pdflatex} and similar commands tend to fail with obscure
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guix shell -m manifest.scm -- pdflatex doc.tex
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error messages along the lines of:
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@end example
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@xref{Writing Manifests}, for more on manifests. In the future, we plan
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to provide more collections and schemes. That will allow you to list
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fewer packages.
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The main difficulty here is that using the modular package set forces
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you to select precisely the packages that you need. You can use
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@command{guix search}, but finding the right package can prove to be
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tedious. When a package is missing, @command{pdflatex} and similar
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commands fail with an obscure message along the lines of:
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@example
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@example
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doc.tex: File `tikz.sty' not found.
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doc.tex: File `tikz.sty' not found.
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@end example
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@end example
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How do you determine what the missing package is? In the first case,
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How do you determine what the missing package is? In the first case,
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you'll find the answer by running:
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you will find the answer by running:
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@example
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@example
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$ guix search texlive tikz
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$ guix search texlive tikz
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@end example
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@end example
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In the second case, @command{guix search} turns up nothing. Instead,
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In the second case, @command{guix search} turns up nothing. Instead,
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you can search the @TeX{} Live package database using the @command{tlmgr}
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you can search the @TeX{} Live package database using the
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command:
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@command{tlmgr} command:
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@example
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$ guix shell texlive-bin -- tlmgr info phvr7t
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$ tlmgr info phvr7t
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tlmgr: cannot find package phvr7t, searching for other matches:
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tlmgr: cannot find package phvr7t, searching for other matches:
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Packages containing `phvr7t' in their title/description:
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Packages containing `phvr7t' in their title/description:
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texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/alias/adobe/helvetic/phvr7t.htf
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@end example
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@end example
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The file is available in the @TeX{} Live @code{helvetic} package, which is
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@noindent
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known in Guix as @code{texlive-helvetic}. Quite a ride, but we found
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The file is available in the @TeX{} Live @code{helvetic} package, which
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it!
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is known in Guix as @code{texlive-helvetic}. Quite a ride, but you
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found it!
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There is one important limitation though: Guix currently provides a
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subset of the @TeX{} Live packages. If you stumble upon a missing
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package, you can try and import it (@pxref{Invoking guix import}):
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@example
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guix import texlive @var{package}
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@end example
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@table @code
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@item --recursive
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@quotation Note
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@TeX{} Live packaging is still very much work in progress, but you can
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help! @xref{Contributing}, for more information.
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@end quotation
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@node Security Updates
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@node Security Updates
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@chapter Security Updates
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@chapter Security Updates
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